ख्या
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- क्शा (kśā)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- খ্যা (Assamese script)
- ᬔ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
- খ্যা (Bengali script)
- 𑰏𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀔𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ချာ (Burmese script)
- ખ્યા (Gujarati script)
- ਖ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌖𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦑꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂎𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಖ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
- ខ្យា (Khmer script)
- ຂ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
- ഖ്യാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡘᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘏𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠻᠶᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦯𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐏𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଖ୍ଯା (Odia script)
- ꢓ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆒𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖏𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ඛ්යා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩝 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚋𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
- க்²யா (Tamil script)
- ఖ్యా (Telugu script)
- ขฺยา (Thai script)
- ཁྱཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒐𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨌𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Phonetic variant of क्शा (kśā), related to काश् (kāś), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ-.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kʰjɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kʰjɑː/
Root
ख्या • (khyā)
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ख्या (0 c, 1 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ख्या (6 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- ख्याति (khyāti) (Present)
- ख्यास्यति (khyāsyáti) (Future)
- अख्यत् (ákhyat) (Aorist)
- चख्यौ (cakhyau) (Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- ख्यायते (khyāyate) (Passive)
- अख्यायि (akhyāyi) (Passive Aorist)
- ख्यापयति (khyāpayati) (Causative)
- ख्याप्यते (khyāpyate) (Passive of Causative)
- Non-Finite Forms
- ख्यात (khyātá) (Past Participle)
- ख्यातुम् (khyā́tum) (Infinitive)
- ख्येय (khyeya) (Gerundive)
- ख्यातव्य (khyātavya) (Gerundive)
- ख्यापित (khyāpita) (Causative Past Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- ख्यातृ (khyātṛ́)
- ख्यान (khyāna)
- Prefixed Root Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ख्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 341, column 1.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 33
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ख्या”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “khyā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 420-1; 456-7
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “khyā”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 278