अक्षि
See also: अक्ष
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অক্ষি (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬓ᭄ᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
- অক্ষি (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- အက္ၑိ (Burmese script)
- અક્ષિ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਕ੍ਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦏ꧀ꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಕ್ಷಿ (Kannada script)
- អក្ឞិ (Khmer script)
- ອກ຺ຩິ (Lao script)
- അക്ഷി (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡬᢢᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢉᢔᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଅକ୍ଷି (Odia script)
- ꢂꢒ꣄ꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
- අක්ෂි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚊𑚶𑚮 (Takri script)
- அக்ஷி (Tamil script)
- అక్షి (Telugu script)
- อกฺษิ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཀྵི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hákṣi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hákši, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs (“eye”), from *h₃ekʷ-. Cognate with Latin oculus, Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse), Old Armenian ակն (akn) and աչք (ačʻkʻ), Old English ēage (whence English eye).
Noun
अक्षि • (ákṣi) stem, n
- eye
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.79.2:
- गुहा॒ शिरो॒ निहि॑त॒मृध॑ग्अक्षी असि॑न्वन्नत्ति जि॒ह्वया॒ वना॑नि।
अत्रा॑ण्यस्मै प॒ड्भिः सं भ॑रन्त्युत्ता॒नह॑स्ता॒ नम॒साधि॑ वि॒क्षु॥- gúhā śíro níhitamṛ́dhagakṣī asinvannatti jihváyā vánāni.
átrāṇyasmai paḍbhíḥ sáṃ bharantyuttānáhastā námasā́dhi vikṣú. - His head is deposited in a cavern; his eyes are wide apart; with his tongue he devours the wood without masticating; the priests approaching on food reverently offer him oblations among the people with uplifted hands.
- gúhā śíro níhitamṛ́dhagakṣī asinvannatti jihváyā vánāni.
- गुहा॒ शिरो॒ निहि॑त॒मृध॑ग्अक्षी असि॑न्वन्नत्ति जि॒ह्वया॒ वना॑नि।
- the number two
- (in dual form) the sun and moon
Declension
| Neuter i-stem declension of अक्षि (akṣi) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अक्षि akṣi |
अक्षिणी akṣiṇī |
अक्षीणि / अक्षि¹ / अक्षी¹ akṣīṇi / akṣi¹ / akṣī¹ |
| Vocative | अक्षि / अक्षे akṣi / akṣe |
अक्षिणी akṣiṇī |
अक्षीणि / अक्षि¹ / अक्षी¹ akṣīṇi / akṣi¹ / akṣī¹ |
| Accusative | अक्षि akṣi |
अक्षिणी akṣiṇī |
अक्षीणि / अक्षि¹ / अक्षी¹ akṣīṇi / akṣi¹ / akṣī¹ |
| Instrumental | अक्षिणा / अक्ष्या¹ akṣiṇā / akṣyā¹ |
अक्षिभ्याम् akṣibhyām |
अक्षिभिः akṣibhiḥ |
| Dative | अक्षिणे / अक्षये¹ akṣiṇe / akṣaye¹ |
अक्षिभ्याम् akṣibhyām |
अक्षिभ्यः akṣibhyaḥ |
| Ablative | अक्षिणः / अक्षेः¹ akṣiṇaḥ / akṣeḥ¹ |
अक्षिभ्याम् akṣibhyām |
अक्षिभ्यः akṣibhyaḥ |
| Genitive | अक्षिणः / अक्षेः¹ akṣiṇaḥ / akṣeḥ¹ |
अक्षिणोः akṣiṇoḥ |
अक्षीणाम् akṣīṇām |
| Locative | अक्षिणि / अक्षौ¹ / अक्षा¹ akṣiṇi / akṣau¹ / akṣā¹ |
अक्षिणोः akṣiṇoḥ |
अक्षिषु akṣiṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
- Dardic:
- Assamese: আখি (akhi)
- Dogri: हाख्खि (hākhkhi)
- Gujarati: આંખ (ā̃kha)
- Hindi: आँख (ā̃kh)
- Nepali: आँखा (ā̃khā)
- Old Bengali: আখি
- Bengali: আঁখ (ãkh)
- Odia: ଆଖି (akhi)
- Pali: akkhi
- Punjabi: ਅੱਖ (akkha)
- Romani: jakh
- Sindhi: अखि
- Sinhalese: ඇස (æsa)
- → Telugu: అక్షి (akṣi)
- Urdu: آنکھ (ānkh)
- → Tamil: அக்கு (akku)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अक्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0003/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 42-43
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