तक्ष्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- তক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- তক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- တက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
- તક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਤਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ತಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
- តក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຕກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
- തക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠠᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ତକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢡꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- තක්ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
- தக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
- తక్ష్ (Telugu script)
- ตกฺษฺ (Thai script)
- ཏ་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *taṭṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *taćš-, from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to hew, create”).[1] Cognate with Latin texō (“to weave”) (whence English text, textile), Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē) (whence English techno-), and Serbo-Croatian те̏сла (tesla, “adze”). See also तक्षन् (takṣan, “carpenter”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /tɐkʂ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t̪ɐkʂ/
Root
तक्ष् • (takṣ)
- to form by cutting, plane, chisel, chop
- to cut, split
- to fashion, form (out of wood etc.), make, create
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.29.15:
- इन्द्र॒ ब्रह्म॑ क्रि॒यमा॑णा जुषस्व॒ या ते॑ शविष्ठ॒ नव्या॒ अक॑र्म ।
वस्त्रे॑व भ॒द्रा सुकृ॑ता वसू॒यू रथं॒ न धीरः॒ स्वपा॑ अतक्षम् ॥- índra bráhma kriyámāṇā juṣasva yā́ te śaviṣṭha návyā ákarma.
vástreva bhadrā́ súkṛtā vasūyū́ ráthaṃ ná dhī́raḥ svápā atakṣam. - O, mighty Indra, accept the prayers which we are about to offer, and the present praises which we repeat; firm, doing pious acts, and desirous of wealth; I have made acceptable and pious works like rich garments, and chariots.
- índra bráhma kriyámāṇā juṣasva yā́ te śaviṣṭha návyā ákarma.
- इन्द्र॒ ब्रह्म॑ क्रि॒यमा॑णा जुषस्व॒ या ते॑ शविष्ठ॒ नव्या॒ अक॑र्म ।
- to form in the mind, invent
- make able or prepare for
- (mathematics) to reduce by dividing
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root तक्ष् (0 c, 4 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root तक्ष् (3 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- तक्ष्यते (takṣyáte) (Passive)
- तक्षयति (takṣáyati) (Causative)
- Derived Nominal Forms
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “TAKṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 612-3
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “तक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0431/3.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “तक्ष्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 059
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “तक्ष्”, 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
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 220
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 638
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1058”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1058