क्षितिज

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्षितिज (kṣitija).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kʂɪ.t̪ɪd͡ʒ/, [kʃɪ.t̪ɪd͡ʒ]

Noun

क्षितिज • (kṣitijm

  1. horizon
    Synonym: दिगंत (digant)
  2. skyline

Declension

Declension of क्षितिज (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct क्षितिज
kṣitij
क्षितिज
kṣitij
oblique क्षितिज
kṣitij
क्षितिजों
kṣitijõ
vocative क्षितिज
kṣitij
क्षितिजो
kṣitijo

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्षितिज (kṣitija).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʂi.t̪id͡ʑ/, [kʂi.t̪iːd͡ʑ]

Noun

क्षितिज • (kṣitijn

  1. horizon
  2. skyline

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “क्षितिज”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “क्षितिज”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “क्षितिज”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)

Newar

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्षितिज (kṣitija).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰitid͡ʑ]

Noun

क्षितिज • (kṣitija? (Newa Spelling 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶𑐟𑐶𑐖)

  1. horizon

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From क्षिति (kṣiti, earth), Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ṭṣítiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćšítiš, from Proto-Indo-European *tḱí-ti-s, from *tḱey- (to settle, live). Cognate with Ancient Greek Ancient Greek κτίσις (ktísis, founding, setting), Avestan 𐬱𐬌𐬙𐬌 (šiti).

Pronunciation

Noun

क्षितिज • (kṣitija) stem?

  1. a tree
  2. an earth worm
  3. the planet Mars
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:मङ्गल
  4. N. of the demon Naraka killed by Viṣṇu