क्ष्णौति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ক্ষ্ণৌতি (Assamese script)
• ᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ᬡᭁᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• ক্ষ্ণৌতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿𑰜𑰻𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆𑀡𑁅𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• က္ၑ္ဏော်တိ (Burmese script)
• ક્ષ્ણૌતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਣੌਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌣𑍌𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ꦟꦻꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹𑂝𑂸𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಕ್ಷ್ಣೌತಿ (Kannada script)
• ក្ឞ្ណៅតិ (Khmer script)
• ກ຺ຩ຺ເຓົາຕິ (Lao script)
• ക്ഷ്ണൗതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᢢᢏᠣᠣᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿𑘜𑘼𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢉᢔᢏᠣᠧᠸᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠𑦼𑧝𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂𑐞𑑁𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• କ୍ଷ୍ଣୌତି (Odia script)
• ꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ꢠꣃꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀𑆟𑆿𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿𑖜𑖻𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ක්‍ෂ‍්ණෞති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙𑩪𑩘𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚶𑚶𑚘𑚵𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• க்ஷ்ணௌதி (Tamil script)
• క్ష్ణౌతి (Telugu script)
• กฺษฺเณาติ (Thai script)
• ཀྵྞཽ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂𑒝𑒾𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑩇𑨘𑨈𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšnáwti, from Proto-Indo-European *ksnéwti (“to sharpen”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂɳɑ́ːw.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʂɳɑw.t̪i/

Verb

क्ष्णौति • (kṣṇáuti) third-singular indicative (class 2, type P, root क्ष्णु)

1. to whet, sharpen
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Related terms

• क्ष्णोत्र (kṣṇotra)
• क्ष्णुत (kṣṇuta)