शिक्षति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćikš- (to learn). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬌𐬑𐬱𐬆𐬨𐬥𐬀 (sixšəmna, learned), 𐬯𐬌𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀 (sixšaiia, to be learned). See the root शिक्ष् (śikṣ) for more.

Pronunciation

Verb

शिक्षति • (śíkṣati) (root शिक्ष्, class 1, type P)

  1. to learn, acquire knowledge
  2. to study
  3. to wish to be able

Descendants

  • Dardic:
    • Kalasha: č̣íč̣hik
    • Khowar: ݯهݯهک (c̣hic̣hik)
    • Torwali: ڇڙو (c̣iẓu)
    • Kashmiri: ہێچھُن (hechun)
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (sikkhaï)
    • Konkani: śikce
      Devanagari script: शिक्चे
      Kannada script: ಶಿಕ್ಚೆ
      Latin script: xikche
    • Old Marathi:
      Devanagari script: सिकणे (sikaṇe), सिखणे (sikhaṇe)
      Modi script: 𑘭𑘲𑘎𑘜𑘹 (sīkaṇe), 𑘭𑘲𑘏𑘜𑘹 (sīkhaṇe)
  • Pali: sikkhati
  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Old Gujarati: सीषइ (sīkhai)
    • Hindi: सीखना (sīkhnā)
    • Nepali: सिक्नु (siknu)
    • Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖਣ (sikkhaṇ)
    • Romani: siklǒvel, siklǒl, sikavel, siklǎrel
    • Sindhi: سِکَڻُ / सिखणु (sikhaṇu)
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