शिक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬰᬶᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
শিক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
শিক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰰𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
𑌶𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
શિક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਿਕੑਸ਼ੑ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦯꦶꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
ឝិក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
ಶಿಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
ຨິກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
ശിക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
𑘫𑘱𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠱᠢᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
ᡧᡳᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
ၐိက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
𑧋𑧒𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐶𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
ଶିକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
ꢯꢶꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆴𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖰𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
ශික්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
ஶிக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
శిక్ష్ (Telugu script)
ศิกฺษฺ (Thai script)
ཤི་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒱𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śikṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćikš-. Desiderative of शक् (śak, “to be strong”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕikʂ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɕikʂ/

Root

शिक्ष् • (śikṣ)

to learn, acquire knowledge, study, practice, learn from
to instruct, teach
to wish to be able to
to try, attempt

Derived terms

शिक्षक (śikṣaka, “male teacher”)
शिक्षति (śikṣati, “to learn”)
शिक्षण (śikṣaṇa, “teaching”)
शिक्षा (śikṣā, “learning”)
शिक्षिका (śikṣikā, “female teacher”)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “शिक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1070, column 1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “ŚIKṢ - śíkhā-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 634

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