मक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

মক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
ᬫᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
মক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
မက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
મક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
ਮਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಮಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
មក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
ມກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
മക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
ମକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
ꢪꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
මක්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
மக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
మక్ష్ (Telugu script)
มกฺษฺ (Thai script)
མ་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́kʂ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐkʂ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákš. Compare Sanskrit मशक (maśaka, “gnat, mosqito, fly”).

Noun

मक्ष् • (makṣ) stem, m or f

(Vedic) a fly

Declension

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Etymology 2

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Particularly: “Related to म्रक्ष् (mrakṣ, “to rub, smear, collect”).”

Root

मक्ष् • (makṣ)

to collect, heap
to be angry

References

Monier Williams (1899) “मक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 771/3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 287