क्षै

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • क्षा (kṣā)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (to burn); related to दह् (dah, to burn, cauterize).

Pronunciation

Root

क्षै • (kṣai)

  1. to burn, catch fire, take fire
  2. to singe, burn

Derived terms

  • क्षापय (kṣāpaya)
  • क्षापयति (kṣāpayati)
  • क्षाम (kṣāma)
  • क्षायति (kṣāyati)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “क्षै”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 333/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 29
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 430; 438
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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