चक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬘᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • চক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
  • চক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰓𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ચક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਚਕੑਸ਼ੑ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦕꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • ចក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ಚಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
  • ຈກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
  • ചക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘓𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᢋᠠᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
  • ᢜᠠᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
  • စက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
  • 𑦳𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐔𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଚକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢗꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆖𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖓𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • චක්ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
  • చక్ష్ (Telugu script)
  • จกฺษฺ (Thai script)
  • ཙ་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒔𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ- (“to see, look”). Related to काश् (kāś, “to shine, appear”), though probably not derived from it via reduplication.

Pronunciation

Root

चक्ष् • (cakṣ)

  1. to appear, become visible
  2. to see, look at, observe, notice
  3. to tell, inform
  4. to take anyone (acc.) for (acc.)

Derived terms
  • अचक्षस् (acakṣas)
  • अचक्ष्म (acakṣma)
  • चक्षथे (cakṣathe)
  • चक्षसे (cakṣase)
  • चक्षाण (cakṣāṇa)
  • चष्टे (caṣṭe)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899), “चक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 516/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page {{{1}}}
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 523
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