इक्षु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ইক্ষু (Assamese script)
• ᬇᬓ᭄ᬱᬸ (Balinese script)
• ইক্ষু (Bengali script)
• 𑰂𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀇𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ဣက္ၑု (Burmese script)
• ઇક્ષુ (Gujarati script)
• ਇਕ੍ਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌇𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦆꦏ꧀ꦰꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂅𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಇಕ್ಷು (Kannada script)
• ឥក្ឞុ (Khmer script)
• ອິກ຺ຩຸ (Lao script)
• ഇക്ഷു (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᡬᢢᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘂𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠢᢉᢔᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦢𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐂𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଇକ୍ଷୁ (Odia script)
• ꢄꢒ꣄ꢰꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆅𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖂𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ඉක්‍ෂු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚂𑚊𑚶𑚰 (Takri script)
• இக்ஷு (Tamil script)
• ఇక్షు (Telugu script)
• อิกฺษุ (Thai script)
• ཨི་ཀྵུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒃𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Unknown. Initial ri-, i-, u-, and a- in descendants suggests older ṛ- in Old Indo-Aryan, but this is unattested.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ik.ʂú/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈik.ʂu/

Noun

इक्षु • (ikṣú) stem, m

1. sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum), stem of sugar cane
2. eyelash

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀇𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼 (ikkhu), 𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀼 (ucchu)
• ⇒ Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀇𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀽𑀬 (ikkhūya)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀼 (ucchu)
  • Konkani: ū̃s

    Devanagari script: ऊंस (ūusa)

    Kannada script: ಊಂಸ್ (ūṃs)

    Latin script: us

  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: उस (usa)

    Modi script: 𑘄𑘭 (usa)

    • Marathi: ऊस (ūs)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀇𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼 (ikkhu), 𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼 (ukkhu)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: ईख (īkh), ऊख (ūkh)

    Urdu: ایکھ (īkh), اوکھ (ūkh)

  • Nepali: उखु (ukhu)
• Northern:
  • Kumaoni: [script needed] (rikhu)
• → Tamil: இக்கு (ikku)
• → Tocharian B: ikṣṣu

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “इक्षु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 163, column 3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ikṣu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press