दक्षिण

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs- (“right (side)”).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ək.ʂɪɳ/, [d̪ɐk.ʃɪ̃ɳ]

दक्षिण • (dakṣiṇ) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دکشن‎)

1. right
2. southern

दक्षिण • (dakṣiṇ) m (Urdu spelling دکشن‎)

1. right (side)
2. south

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• (compass points)

पश्चिमोत्तर (paścimottar)	उत्तर (uttar)	पूर्वोत्तर (pūrvottar)
पश्चिम (paścim)		पूर्व (pūrv)
दक्षिण-पश्चिम (dakṣiṇ-paścim)	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)	दक्षिण-पूर्व (dakṣiṇ-pūrv)

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs- (“right (side)”).

• IPA^(key): /d̪ək.ʂiɳ/, [d̪ək.ʂiːɳ]

दक्षिण • (dakṣiṇ)

1. southern

दक्षिण • (dakṣiṇ) f

1. south

• (compass points) दिशा;

वायव्य (vāyavya)	उत्तर (uttar)	ईशान्य (īśānya)
पश्चिम (paścim)		पूर्व (pūrva)
नैऋत्य (naiŕtya)	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)	आग्नेय (āgney)

• Berntsen, Maxine, “दक्षिण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.

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• IPA^(key): [d̪ʌk̚t͡sʰjiɽ̃]
• Phonetic Devanagari: दछिण्
• IPA^(key): [d̪ʌk̚kʰin], [d̪ʌkt͡sʰĩɽ̃], [d̪ʌt̚t͡sʰiɽ̃]
• Phonetic Devanagari: दक्खिन्, or दक्छिंण्

दक्षिण • (dakṣiṇ)

1. south

दक्षिण • (dakṣiṇ)

1. south

• “दक्षिण”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “दक्षिण”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáćšinas (“right, righthand”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱs-i-no-s, from *deḱs- (“right (side)”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬱𐬌𐬥𐬀‎ (dašina), Lithuanian dẽšinas, Serbo-Croatian дѐснӣ/dèsnī, Ancient Greek δεξιός (dexiós, “right”), Latin dexter (“right”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍅𐌰 (taihswa).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́k.ʂi.ɳɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɐk.ʂi.ɳɐ/

दक्षिण • (dákṣiṇa) stem

1. right, righthand; located on the right
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.39.6:

     गुहा हितं गुह्यं गूळ्हमप्सु हस्ते दधे दक्षिणे दक्षिणावान् ॥

     guhā hitaṃ guhyaṃ gūḷhamapsu haste dadhe dakṣiṇe dakṣiṇāvān .

     [Indra] the rich rewarder held in his right hand that which lay secret, hidden in the waters

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
2. southern
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

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दक्षिण • (dákṣiṇa) stem, m

1. right (side)
2. south

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• (compass points)

पश्चिमोत्तर (paścimottara)	उत्तर (uttara)	ईशान (īśāna)
पश्चिम (paścima)		पूर्व (pūrva)
दक्षिणपश्चिम (dakṣiṇapaścima)	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)	दक्षिणपूर्व (dakṣiṇapūrva)

• Dardic:
  • Dameli: [script needed] (dac̣hani)
  • Kashmiri: دَکھیُٛن‎ (“south”), दख्युन (“south”), دٔچھُن‎ (dạchun, “right”), दऺछुन (“right”)
  • Kohistani Shina: دشُݨُ
  • Northeast Pashayi: [script needed] (dōčin)
  • Phalura: [script needed] (dec̣hiṇi)
  • Shina: [script needed] (dăc̣hiṇu)
• Helu Prakrit:
  • Dhivehi: ދެކުނު‎ (dekunu)
  • Sinhalese: දකුණු (dakuṇu)
• Khasa Prakrit:
  • Nepali: दक्खिन (dakkhina)
• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀡 (dakkhiṇa)
  • Assamese: দক্ষিণ (dokhin)
  • Bengali: দক্ষিণ (dokkhin)
  • Bihari:
    • Bhojpuri: दखिन (dakhin)
  • Rohingya: doóin
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀡 (dakkhiṇa)
  • Marathi: डाखीण (ḍākhīṇ, “south wind”)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਦੱਖਣ (dakkhaṇ)
  • Sindhi: डखिणु (ḍakhiṇu)
• Pali: dakkhiṇa
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀡 (dakkhiṇa)
  • Garhwali: दक्खिन (dakkhin)
  • Gujarati: દખણ (dakhaṇ)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: दक्खिन (dakkhin)

    • → English: Deccan

• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
• → Gujarati: દક્ષિણ (dakṣiṇ)
• → Javanese: ꦢꦏ꧀ꦱꦶꦤ (daksina)
• → Kannada: ದಕ್ಷಿಣ (dakṣiṇa)
• → Khmer: ទក្សិណ (tĕəksən)
• → Malayalam: ദക്ഷിണ (dakṣiṇa)
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• → Odia: ଦକ୍ଷିଣ (dôkṣiṇô)
• → Telugu: దక్షిణము (dakṣiṇamu)
• → Thai: ทักษิณ (ták-sǐn)

• Monier Williams (1899), “दक्षिण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 465/2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dákṣiṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 690-691