मक्षिका
See also: मक्षिक
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মক্ষিকা (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬓ᭄ᬱᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
- মক্ষিকা (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- မက္ၑိကာ (Burmese script)
- મક્ષિકા (Gujarati script)
- ਮਕ੍ਸ਼ਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦏ꧀ꦰꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಕ್ಷಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
- មក្ឞិកា (Khmer script)
- ມກ຺ຩິກາ (Lao script)
- മക്ഷികാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᡬᢢᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢉᢔᠢᢉᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
- ମକ୍ଷିକା (Odia script)
- ꢪꢒ꣄ꢰꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
- මක්ෂිකා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚊𑚶𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
- மக்ஷிகா (Tamil script)
- మక్షికా (Telugu script)
- มกฺษิกา (Thai script)
- མ་ཀྵི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From an unattested *मक्षि (mákṣi, “fly”) (which is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákšiH, and is, by surface analysis, मक्ष् (makṣ) + -ई (-ī)) + -क (-ka). Compare Sanskrit मशक (maśaka, “gnat, mosquito, fly”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ́k.ʂi.kɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐk.ʂi.kɑː/
Noun
मक्षिका • (mákṣikā) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मक्षिका (makṣikā) | मक्षिके (makṣike) | मक्षिकाः (makṣikāḥ) |
| accusative | मक्षिकाम् (makṣikām) | मक्षिके (makṣike) | मक्षिकाः (makṣikāḥ) |
| instrumental | मक्षिकया (makṣikayā) मक्षिका¹ (makṣikā¹) |
मक्षिकाभ्याम् (makṣikābhyām) | मक्षिकाभिः (makṣikābhiḥ) |
| dative | मक्षिकायै (makṣikāyai) | मक्षिकाभ्याम् (makṣikābhyām) | मक्षिकाभ्यः (makṣikābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मक्षिकायाः (makṣikāyāḥ) मक्षिकायै² (makṣikāyai²) |
मक्षिकाभ्याम् (makṣikābhyām) | मक्षिकाभ्यः (makṣikābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मक्षिकायाः (makṣikāyāḥ) मक्षिकायै² (makṣikāyai²) |
मक्षिकयोः (makṣikayoḥ) | मक्षिकाणाम् (makṣikāṇām) |
| locative | मक्षिकायाम् (makṣikāyām) | मक्षिकयोः (makṣikayoḥ) | मक्षिकासु (makṣikāsu) |
| vocative | मक्षिके (makṣike) | मक्षिके (makṣike) | मक्षिकाः (makṣikāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Pali: makkhikā
- Maharastri Prakrit:
- Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘰𑘭𑘲 (māsī)
- Marathi: माशी (māśī)
- Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘰𑘭𑘲 (māsī)
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
References
- “म॑क्षिका” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 388, column 2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मक्षिका”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 212
- Monier Williams (1899) “Mákshikā”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 771/3.
