उक्षन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬉᬓ᭄ᬱᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
উক্ষন্ (Assamese script)
উক্ষন্ (Bengali script)
𑰄𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
𑌉𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
ઉક્ષન્ (Gujarati script)
ਉਕੑਸ਼ਨੑ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦈꦏ꧀ꦰꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
ឧក្ឞន៑ (Khmer script)
ಉಕ್ಷೝ (Kannada script)
ອຸກ຺ຩນ຺ (Lao script)
ഉക്ഷന് (Malayalam script)
𑘄𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠤᢉᢔᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
ᡠᡬᢢᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
ဥက္ၑန် (Burmese script)
𑦤𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐄𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
ଉକ୍ଷନ୍ (Odia script)
ꢆꢒ꣄ꢰꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆇𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖄𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
උක්‍ෂන් (Sinhalese script)
உக்ஷந் (Tamil script)
ఉక్షౝ (Telugu script)
อุกฺษนฺ (Thai script)
ཨུ་ཀྵ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒅𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)ukšā́ (“bull, ox”), from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)uksḗn (“bull, ox”).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬁𐬥‎ (uxšān, “bull”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌰 (auhsa), Welsh ych (“ox”), Breton oc'hen, Old English oxa (whence English ox).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /uk.ʂɐ́n/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈuk.ʂɐn̪/

Noun

उक्षन् • (ukṣán) stem, m

a bull
Synonym: ऋषभ (ṛṣabhá)
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.69.4:
  उक्षा मिमाति प्रति यन्ति धेनवो देवस्य देवीरुप यन्ति निष्कृतम् ।
  ukṣā mimāti prati yanti dhenavo devasya devīrupa yanti niṣkṛtam .
  The Bull is bellowing; the Cows are coming nigh: the Goddesses approach the God's own resting-place.
an ox

Declension

Masculine an-stem declension of उक्षन् (ukṣán)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	उक्षा ukṣā́	उक्षाणौ / उक्षाणा¹ ukṣā́ṇau / ukṣā́ṇā¹	उक्षणः ukṣáṇaḥ
Vocative	उक्षन् ukṣán	उक्षाणौ / उक्षाणा¹ úkṣāṇau / úkṣāṇā¹	उक्षणः úkṣaṇaḥ
Accusative	उक्षाणम् ukṣā́ṇam	उक्षाणौ / उक्षाणा¹ ukṣā́ṇau / ukṣā́ṇā¹	उक्षणः ukṣáṇaḥ
Instrumental	उक्षणा ukṣáṇā	उक्षभ्याम् ukṣábhyām	उक्षभिः ukṣábhiḥ
Dative	उक्षणे ukṣáṇe	उक्षभ्याम् ukṣábhyām	उक्षभ्यः ukṣábhyaḥ
Ablative	उक्षणः ukṣáṇaḥ	उक्षभ्याम् ukṣábhyām	उक्षभ्यः ukṣábhyaḥ
Genitive	उक्षणः ukṣáṇaḥ	उक्षणोः ukṣáṇoḥ	उक्षणाम् ukṣáṇām
Locative	उक्षणि ukṣáṇi	उक्षणोः ukṣáṇoḥ	उक्षसु ukṣásu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

→ Telugu: ఉక్షము (ukṣamu)
→ Malayalam: ഉക്ഷം (ukṣaṁ)

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