शिक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
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

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

Root

शिक्ष् • (śikṣ)

  1. to learn, acquire knowledge, study, practice, learn from
  2. to instruct, teach
  3. to wish to be able to
  4. to try, attempt

Derived terms
  • 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
  • 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]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 634
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