मक्षा

Sanskrit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́k.ʂɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐk.ʂɑː/
Hyphenation: मक्‧षा

Noun

मक्षा • (mákṣā) stem, f

the insect fly

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मक्षा
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मक्षा (makṣā)	मक्षे (makṣe)	मक्षाः (makṣāḥ)
accusative	मक्षाम् (makṣām)	मक्षे (makṣe)	मक्षाः (makṣāḥ)
instrumental	मक्षया (makṣayā) मक्षा¹ (makṣā¹)	मक्षाभ्याम् (makṣābhyām)	मक्षाभिः (makṣābhiḥ)
dative	मक्षायै (makṣāyai)	मक्षाभ्याम् (makṣābhyām)	मक्षाभ्यः (makṣābhyaḥ)
ablative	मक्षायाः (makṣāyāḥ) मक्षायै² (makṣāyai²)	मक्षाभ्याम् (makṣābhyām)	मक्षाभ्यः (makṣābhyaḥ)
genitive	मक्षायाः (makṣāyāḥ) मक्षायै² (makṣāyai²)	मक्षयोः (makṣayoḥ)	मक्षाणाम् (makṣāṇām)
locative	मक्षायाम् (makṣāyām)	मक्षयोः (makṣayoḥ)	मक्षासु (makṣāsu)
vocative	मक्षे (makṣe)	मक्षे (makṣe)	मक्षाः (makṣāḥ)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kashmiri: مٔچِ (mạci)
- Indus Kohistani: māc̣hī
- Pashayi:
  - Northeast Pashayi: mučək, mučag
  - Southeast Pashayi: mēček, mečī́k
- Shina: مݜی (măṣī́)
- → Proto-Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: mačī̃
Pali: makkhikā
Prakrit: 𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀆 (makkhiā), 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (macchī), 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀺𑀆 (macchiā)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Awadhi: माखी (mākhī), माची (mācī)
    - Hindustani: māchī, mākhī, makkhī, makkhā
      - Hindi: माछी, माखी, मक्खी, मक्खा
      - Urdu: مَاچِی (mācī), مَاکھِی (mākhī), مَکّھِی (makkhī), مَکّھِہ (makkhi)
    - Romani:
      - Baltic Romani: mačin
      - Carpathian Romani: makh
      - Romano-Greek: makí
      - Sinte Romani: mačlin
      - Vlax Romani: mắki, măkī́la, măkī́li
      - Welsh Romani: makhī
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: মাখি (makhi)
    - Bengali: মাছি (machi)
    - Bihari: माखी (māchī)
      - Bhojpuri: माखी (mākhī)
      - Maithili: माची (mācī), माँची (mā̃cī), मखी (makhī)
    - Odia: ମାଛି (māchi)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Central Pahari:
      - Garhwali: माखि (mākhi)
      - Kumaoni: माखो (mākho), माँख (mā̃kh)
    - Eastern Pahari:
      - Nepali: माखो (mākho)
    - Western Pahari:
      - Bhadrawahi: मक्खी (makkhī)
      - Jaunsari: माक्वा (mākwā)
- Northwestern:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Takka Apabhramsa:
      - Punjabi: makkh, makkhī
        Gurmukhi script: ਮੱਖ੍, ਮੱਖੀ
        
        Shahmukhi script: مَکّھ, مَکّھِی
        
        Lahnda: مَکھِی (makhī)
    - Vracada Apabhramsa:
      - Sindhi: makha, makhi, makho
        Arabic script: مَکَ, مَکِ, مَکو
        
        Devanagari script: मख, मखि, मखो
        
        Kachchi: મખ (makh)
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: މެހި (mehi)
    - Sinhalese: මැස්ස (mæssa), මැස (mæsa), මැහි (mæhi)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Konkani: māsu, māśi
      Devanagari script: मासु (māsu), माशि (māśi)
      
      Latin script: masu, maxi
      
      Kannada script: ಮಾಸು, ಮಾಶಿ
    - Marathi: मास् (mās), माशी (māśī)
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: માખ્ (mākh), માખી (mākhī), માખો (mākho)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “maksa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 5454