मक्ष्

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákš. Compare Sanskrit मशक (maśaka, gnat, mosqito, fly).

Noun[edit]

मक्ष् (makṣ) stemm or f

  1. (Vedic) a fly
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Etymology 2[edit]

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Particularly: “Related to म्रक्ष् (mrakṣ, to rub, smear, collect).”

Root[edit]

मक्ष् (makṣ)

  1. to collect, heap
  2. to be angry

References[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899) “मक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 771/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 287