चक्ष्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- চক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- စက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
- ચક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਚਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
- ចក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຈກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
- ചക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଚକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- චක්ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
- சக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
- చక్ష్ (Telugu script)
- จกฺษฺ (Thai script)
- ཙ་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ- (“to see, look”). Related to काश् (kāś, “to shine, appear”), possibly via reduplication.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐkʂ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐkʂ/
Root
चक्ष् • (cakṣ)
- to appear, become visible
- to see, look at, observe, notice
- to tell, inform
- to take anyone (acc.) for (acc.)
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root चक्ष् (0 c, 5 e)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root चक्ष् not found
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- चक्ष्यते (cakṣyate) (Passive)
- चक्षयति (cakṣayati) (Causative)
- Non-Finite Forms
- चक्षित (cakṣita) (Past Participle)
- चष्टुम् (caṣṭum) (Infinitive)
- चक्षसे (cákṣase) (Infinitive)
- चक्षे (cákṣe) (Infinitive)
- चक्ष्य (cákṣya) (Gerundive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
- अनुचक्ष् (anucakṣ)
- अभिचक्ष् (abhicakṣ)
- अवचक्ष् (avacakṣ)
- आचक्ष् (ācakṣ)
- परिचक्ष् (paricakṣ)
- प्रचक्ष् (pracakṣ)
- प्रतिचक्ष् (praticakṣ)
- विचक्ष् (vicakṣ)
- व्याचक्ष् (vyācakṣ)
- संचक्ष् (saṃcakṣ)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “चक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 381, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 44
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “cakṣ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 113-4
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “CAKṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 523
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “cakṣ”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.