सख्य
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সখ্য (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬔ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
- সখ্য (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰏𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀔𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- သချ (Burmese script)
- સખ્ય (Gujarati script)
- ਸਖ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌖𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦑꦾ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂎𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಖ್ಯ (Kannada script)
- សខ្យ (Khmer script)
- ສຂ຺ຍ (Lao script)
- സഖ്യ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠᡘᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘏𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᠻᠶᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑦯𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐏𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
- ସଖ୍ଯ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢓ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆒𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖏𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
- සඛ්ය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩝 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚋𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
- ஸக்²ய (Tamil script)
- సఖ్య (Telugu script)
- สขฺย (Thai script)
- ས་ཁྱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒐𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨌𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From सखि (sakhi, “friend”) + -य (-ya, abstract noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɐkʰ.jɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ɐkʰ.jɐ/
Noun
सख्य • (sakhyá) stem, n
- friendship, alliance, intimacy
- Synonym: मैत्री (maitrī)
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.1.61:
- चकार सख्यं रामेण प्रीतश् चैवाग्निसाक्षिकम् ।
ततो वानरराजेन वैरानुकथनं प्रति ॥- cakāra sakhyaṃ rāmeṇa prītaś caivāgnisākṣikam.
tato vānararājena vairānukathanaṃ prati. - The pleased Sugrīva, the king of monkeys, made friendship with Rāma having fire as the witness and did a narration of his hostilities [with Vālī].
- cakāra sakhyaṃ rāmeṇa prītaś caivāgnisākṣikam.
- चकार सख्यं रामेण प्रीतश् चैवाग्निसाक्षिकम् ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सख्यम् (sakhyám) | सख्ये (sakhyé) | सख्यानि (sakhyā́ni) सख्या¹ (sakhyā́¹) |
| accusative | सख्यम् (sakhyám) | सख्ये (sakhyé) | सख्यानि (sakhyā́ni) सख्या¹ (sakhyā́¹) |
| instrumental | सख्येन (sakhyéna) | सख्याभ्याम् (sakhyā́bhyām) | सख्यैः (sakhyaíḥ) सख्येभिः¹ (sakhyébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | सख्याय (sakhyā́ya) | सख्याभ्याम् (sakhyā́bhyām) | सख्येभ्यः (sakhyébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सख्यात् (sakhyā́t) | सख्याभ्याम् (sakhyā́bhyām) | सख्येभ्यः (sakhyébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सख्यस्य (sakhyásya) | सख्ययोः (sakhyáyoḥ) | सख्यानाम् (sakhyā́nām) |
| locative | सख्ये (sakhyé) | सख्ययोः (sakhyáyoḥ) | सख्येषु (sakhyéṣu) |
| vocative | सख्य (sákhya) | सख्ये (sákhye) | सख्यानि (sákhyāni) सख्या¹ (sákhyā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “सख्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1130, column 3.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “sakhya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “सख्य”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1600
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “सख्य”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 327
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sakhyá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 756