क्षर्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ক্ষৰ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬓ᭄ᬱᬃ (Balinese script)
• ক্ষর্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• က္ၑရ် (Burmese script)
• ક્ષર્ (Gujarati script)
• ਕ੍ਸ਼ਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦏ꧀ꦰꦂ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಕ್ಷರ್ (Kannada script)
• ក្ឞរ៑ (Khmer script)
• ກ຺ຩຣ຺ (Lao script)
• ക്ഷര് (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᢢᠠᡵ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢉᢔᠠᠷ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
• କ୍ଷର୍ (Odia script)
• ꢒ꣄ꢰꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ක්‍ෂර් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚶𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
• க்ஷர் (Tamil script)
• క్షర్ (Telugu script)
• กฺษรฺ (Thai script)
• ཀྵ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰer-

Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰar-

Sanskrit क्षर् (kṣar)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰar-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂɐɾ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʂɐɾ/

Root

क्षर् • (kṣar)

1. to flow, stream, glide, trickle
2. to melt away, wane, perish

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root क्षर् (0 c, 3 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root क्षर् (7 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• क्षर॑ति (kṣárati, Present)
• क्षर॑ते (kṣárate, Present)
• क्षरिष्यति (kṣariṣyati, Future)
• क्षरिता (kṣaritā, Periphrastic Future)
• अक्षा॑र् (ákṣār, Aorist)
• चक्षार (cakṣāra, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• क्षारयति (kṣārayati, Causative)

Derived Nominal Forms

• क्षर (kṣara)
• क्षरण (kṣaraṇa)
• क्षारण (kṣāraṇa)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “क्षर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0327.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “क्षर्”, 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) “क्षर्”, 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 394