शिक्ष्
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- শিক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬶᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শিক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰰𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၐိက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
- શિક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਿਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦶꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂱𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಿಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
- ឝិក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຨິກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
- ശിക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡳᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘱𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠢᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧒𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐶𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶିକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢶꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆴𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖰𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශික්ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩑𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚮𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஶிக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
- శిక్ష్ (Telugu script)
- ศิกฺษฺ (Thai script)
- ཤི་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒱𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨁𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćikš-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱek- (“to be able, capable”). Desiderative of शक् (śak, “to be able”); see there for more.
Pronunciation[edit]
Root[edit]
शिक्ष् • (śikṣ)
- to learn, acquire knowledge, study, practice, learn from
- to instruct, teach
- to wish to be able to
- to try, attempt
Derived terms[edit]
- अशिक्षि (aśikṣi)
- अशिक्षिष्ट (aśikṣiṣṭa)
- अशिशिक्षत् (aśiśikṣat)
- शिक्षक (śikṣaka, “male teacher”)
- शिक्षण (śikṣaṇa, “teaching”)
- शिक्षति (śikṣati, “to learn”)
- शिक्षते (śikṣate)
- शिक्षत् (śikṣat)
- शिक्षमाण (śikṣamāṇa)
- शिक्षयति (śikṣayati)
- शिक्षयते (śikṣayate)
- शिक्षा (śikṣā, “learning”)
- शिक्षाण (śikṣāṇa)
- शिक्षिका (śikṣikā, “female teacher”)
- शिक्ष्यते (śikṣyate)
- शिशिक्ष (śiśikṣa)
References[edit]
- 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][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 634