क्षीण
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit क्षीण (kṣīṇa).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kʂiːɳ/, [kʃĩːɳ]
Adjective
क्षीण • (kṣīṇ) (indeclinable)
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ক্ষীণ (Assamese script)
- ᬓ᭄ᬱᬷᬡ (Balinese script)
- ক্ষীণ (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰱𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀻𑀡 (Brahmi script)
- က္ၑီဏ (Burmese script)
- ક્ષીણ (Gujarati script)
- ਕ੍ਸ਼ੀਣ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍀𑌣 (Grantha script)
- ꦏ꧀ꦰꦷꦟ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂲𑂝 (Kaithi script)
- ಕ್ಷೀಣ (Kannada script)
- ក្ឞីណ (Khmer script)
- ກ຺ຩີຓ (Lao script)
- ക്ഷീണ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᢢᡳᡳᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘲𑘜 (Modi script)
- ᢉᢔᠢᠢᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧓𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐷𑐞 (Newa script)
- କ୍ଷୀଣ (Odia script)
- ꢒ꣄ꢰꢷꢠ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆵𑆟 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖱𑖜 (Siddham script)
- ක්ෂීණ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩑𑩛𑩪 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚶𑚯𑚘 (Takri script)
- க்ஷீண (Tamil script)
- క్షీణ (Telugu script)
- กฺษีณ (Thai script)
- ཀྵཱི་ཎ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒲𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨁𑨊𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root क्षि (kṣi, “to destroy, corrupt, ruin, make an end”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kʂiː.ɳɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kʂiː.ɳɐ/
Adjective
क्षीण • (kṣīṇa) stem
- wasted
- c. 300 BCE, Pañcatantra Dharmabuddhi ca duṣṭabuddhi:
- किंतु दुष्टबुद्धिरचिरमसद्व्ययव्यसनित्वात् क्षिणाविभावो ऽभूत
- kiṃtu duṣṭabuddhiraciramasadvyayavyasanitvāt kṣiṇāvibhāvo ʼbhūta
- But soon, (due) to inappropriate expense caused by addiction, Duṣṭabuddhi's wealth was wasted
- किंतु दुष्टबुद्धिरचिरमसद्व्ययव्यसनित्वात् क्षिणाविभावो ऽभूत
- weakened
- delicate
- lost
- destroyed
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “क्षीण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 328.