अक्ष

See also: अक्षि

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अक्ष (akṣa), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-. Compare English axis.

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /əkʂ/, [ɐkʃ]
Audio: (file)

Noun

अक्ष • (akṣ) m (Urdu spelling اکش)

axle, axis
die (cube used in the game of dice)
(geography) latitude

Declension

Declension of अक्ष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अक्ष akṣ	अक्ष akṣ
oblique	अक्ष akṣ	अक्षों akṣõ
vocative	अक्ष akṣ	अक्षो akṣo

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

অক্ষ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
অক্ষ (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
အက္ၑ (Burmese script)
અક્ષ (Gujarati script)
ਅਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
ಅಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
អក្ឞ (Khmer script)
ອກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
അക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
ᠠᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
ᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
ଅକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
ꢂꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
අක්‍ෂ (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
அக்ஷ (Tamil script)
అక్ష (Telugu script)
อกฺษ (Thai script)
ཨ་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háṭṣas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćšas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-. Cognate with Latin axis.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́k.ʂɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐk.ʂɐ/

Noun

अक्ष • (ákṣa) stem, m

axle, axis
wheel, car, cart
the beam of a balance or string which holds the pivot of the beam
snake
terrestrial latitude
the collar-bone
the temporal bone

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अक्ष (akṣa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अक्षः akṣaḥ	अक्षौ / अक्षा¹ akṣau / akṣā¹	अक्षाः / अक्षासः¹ akṣāḥ / akṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative	अक्ष akṣa	अक्षौ / अक्षा¹ akṣau / akṣā¹	अक्षाः / अक्षासः¹ akṣāḥ / akṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अक्षम् akṣam	अक्षौ / अक्षा¹ akṣau / akṣā¹	अक्षान् akṣān
Instrumental	अक्षेण akṣeṇa	अक्षाभ्याम् akṣābhyām	अक्षैः / अक्षेभिः¹ akṣaiḥ / akṣebhiḥ¹
Dative	अक्षाय akṣāya	अक्षाभ्याम् akṣābhyām	अक्षेभ्यः akṣebhyaḥ
Ablative	अक्षात् akṣāt	अक्षाभ्याम् akṣābhyām	अक्षेभ्यः akṣebhyaḥ
Genitive	अक्षस्य akṣasya	अक्षयोः akṣayoḥ	अक्षाणाम् akṣāṇām
Locative	अक्षे akṣe	अक्षयोः akṣayoḥ	अक्षेषु akṣeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

अक्षक (akṣaka)

Descendants

Pali: akkha
Prakrit: 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔 (akkha)
- Eastern:
  - Bihari: अखौत (akhaut), अखौता (akhautā)
  - Odia: ଅଖ (akha)
- Southern:
  - Marathi: आस (ās), आंस (āusa), आंख (āṅkha)
    - → Gujarati: આંસ (ā̃sa)
  - Sinhalese: අක (aka), අකුව (akuwa)
- Western:
  - Gujarati: આંક (ā̃ka)

References

Apte, Macdonell (2022) “अक्ष”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “akṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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