क्षै

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

क्षा (kṣā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ক্ষৈ (Assamese script)
ᬓ᭄ᬱᬿ (Balinese script)
ক্ষৈ (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰹 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁃 (Brahmi script)
က္ၑဲ (Burmese script)
ક્ષૈ (Gujarati script)
ਕ੍ਸ਼ੈ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍈 (Grantha script)
ꦏ꧀ꦰꦻ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂶 (Kaithi script)
ಕ್ಷೈ (Kannada script)
ក្ឞៃ (Khmer script)
ກ຺ໄຩ (Lao script)
ക്ഷൈ (Malayalam script)
ᡬᢢᠠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘺 (Modi script)
ᢉᢔᠧᠧ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧛 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐿 (Newa script)
କ୍ଷୈ (Odia script)
ꢒ꣄ꢰꣀ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆽 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖹 (Siddham script)
ක්‍ෂෛ (Sinhalese script)
𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩗 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚶𑚳 (Takri script)
க்ஷை (Tamil script)
క్షై (Telugu script)
กฺไษ (Thai script)
ཀྵཻ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒻 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨇 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰ-eh- (“to burn”); distantly related to दह् (dah, “to burn, cauterize”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂɑːj/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʂɑj/

Root

क्षै • (kṣai)

to burn, catch fire, take fire
to singe, burn

Derived terms

क्षापय (kṣāpaya)
क्षापयति (kṣāpayati)
क्षाम (kṣāma)
क्षायति (kṣāyati)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “क्षै”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 333/1.
William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 29

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 430; 438
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University