क्षन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ক্ষন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬓ᭄ᬱᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ক্ষন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• က္ၑန် (Burmese script)
• ક્ષન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਕ੍ਸ਼ਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦏ꧀ꦰꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಕ್ಷೝ (Kannada script)
• ក្ឞន៑ (Khmer script)
• ກ຺ຩນ຺ (Lao script)
• ക്ഷന് (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᢢᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢉᢔᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• କ୍ଷନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢒ꣄ꢰꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ක්‍ෂන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚶𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• க்ஷந் (Tamil script)
• క్షౝ (Telugu script)
• กฺษนฺ (Thai script)
• ཀྵ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tḱen- (“strike”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κτείνω (kteínō, “kill, slay”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂɐn/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʂɐn̪/

Root

क्षन् • (kṣan)

1. to hurt, injure, wound
2. to break (a bow)

Derived terms

• क्षणोति (kṣaṇoti)
• क्षण (kṣáṇa, “killing”)
• क्षणन (kṣáṇana, “hurting, slaughter”)
• क्षणनु (kṣaṇanu, “a wound, sore”)
• क्षत (kṣatá, “wounded, injured”)
• क्षति (kṣatí, “injury, hurt, wound”)
• क्षतिन् (kṣatin, “wounded, injured”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “क्षन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0325.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “क्षन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 028
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “क्षन्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 283
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 645