लाक्षा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- লাক্ষা (Assamese script)
- ᬮᬵᬓ᭄ᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
- লাক্ষা (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰯𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑀸𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- လာက္ၑာ (Burmese script)
- લાક્ષા (Gujarati script)
- ਲਾਕ੍ਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦴꦏ꧀ꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂰𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಲಾಕ್ಷಾ (Kannada script)
- លាក្ឞា (Khmer script)
- ລາກ຺ຩາ (Lao script)
- ലാക്ഷാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᠠ᠊ᠠᡬᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘰𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠠᢗᢉᢔᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑧑𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑐵𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଲାକ୍ଷା (Odia script)
- ꢭꢵꢒ꣄ꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆳𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖯𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ලාක්ෂා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩛𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚭𑚊𑚶𑚭 (Takri script)
- லாக்ஷா (Tamil script)
- లాక్షా (Telugu script)
- ลากฺษา (Thai script)
- ལཱ་ཀྵཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒰𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨊𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Uncertain. Suggestions have included:
- Derived from *लक्ष (*lakṣa), *रक्ष (*rakṣa, “red; redness”) (related to Proto-Iranian *raxšah (“dark-colored”)), from रज् (raj, “to become red”)[1][2]
- From Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- (“salmon, trout”), related to Latvian lasis, Middle Low German las (“salmon”), Russian лосо́сь (losósʹ, “salmon”), etc.[3]
- From लक्ष (lakṣa, “one hundred thousand”), referring to the insects gathered to create the resin[4]
Noun
लाक्षा • (lākṣā́) stem, f [5]
- (botany) a species of plant
- a kind of red dye, lac (obtained from the cochineal or a similar insect as well as from the resin of a particular tree)
- the insect or animal which produces the red dye
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | लाक्षा (lākṣā) | लाक्षे (lākṣe) | लाक्षाः (lākṣāḥ) |
| accusative | लाक्षाम् (lākṣām) | लाक्षे (lākṣe) | लाक्षाः (lākṣāḥ) |
| instrumental | लाक्षया (lākṣayā) लाक्षा¹ (lākṣā¹) |
लाक्षाभ्याम् (lākṣābhyām) | लाक्षाभिः (lākṣābhiḥ) |
| dative | लाक्षायै (lākṣāyai) | लाक्षाभ्याम् (lākṣābhyām) | लाक्षाभ्यः (lākṣābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | लाक्षायाः (lākṣāyāḥ) लाक्षायै² (lākṣāyai²) |
लाक्षाभ्याम् (lākṣābhyām) | लाक्षाभ्यः (lākṣābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | लाक्षायाः (lākṣāyāḥ) लाक्षायै² (lākṣāyai²) |
लाक्षयोः (lākṣayoḥ) | लाक्षाणाम् (lākṣāṇām) |
| locative | लाक्षायाम् (lākṣāyām) | लाक्षयोः (lākṣayoḥ) | लाक्षासु (lākṣāsu) |
| vocative | लाक्षे (lākṣe) | लाक्षे (lākṣe) | लाक्षाः (lākṣāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kashmiri: لاچھ f (lāch)
- Prakrit: 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (lakkhā, “lac”)
With eastern -ākṣā- > -ākhā- (for which compare the development of 𑀭𑀸𑀇 (rāi, “night”)):
- Punjabi: ਲਾਖਾ (lākhā)
- Prakrit:
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “lākṣā́-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 477
- ^ “lac”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ Barnhart, Robert K., ed., Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology, H.W. Wilson Co., 1988.
- ^ Klein, Dr. Ernest, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., 1971.
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “लाक्षा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0899/3.