क्षल्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ক্ষল্ (Assamese script)
• ᬓ᭄ᬱᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ক্ষল্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• က္ၑလ် (Burmese script)
• ક્ષલ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਕ੍ਸ਼ਲ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦏ꧀ꦰꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂪𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಕ್ಷಲ್ (Kannada script)
• ក្ឞល៑ (Khmer script)
• ກ຺ຩລ຺ (Lao script)
• ക്ഷല് (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᢢᠠᠯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢉᢔᠠᠯ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
• କ୍ଷଲ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢒ꣄ꢰꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ක්‍ෂල් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩽 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚶𑚥𑚶 (Takri script)
• க்ஷல் (Tamil script)
• క్షల్ (Telugu script)
• กฺษลฺ (Thai script)
• ཀྵ་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨬𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably a variant of (or at least influenced by) क्षर् (kṣar), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰar-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gžʰar-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰer-. If not that, then from Proto-Indo-European *kʷsel-, whence Old Norse skola (“to wash”).

Root

क्षल् • (kṣal)

1. to wash, wash off
2. to purify, cleanse, clean
3. Synonym of क्षर् (kṣar)

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root क्षल् (0 c, 5 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root क्षल् (1 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• क्षालयति (kṣāláyati, Present)

Non-Finite Forms

• क्षालित (kṣālitá, Past Participle)
• क्षालनीय (kṣālanīya, Gerundive)
• क्षालितव्य (kṣālitavyá, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• क्षाल (kṣā́la)
• क्षालन (kṣā́lana)

Prefixed Root Forms

• प्रक्षल् (prakṣal)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “क्षल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 327.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 28