मिक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মিক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬶᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মিক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰰𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မိက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
• મિક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਿਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦶꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂱𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಿಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
• មិក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ມິກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
• മിക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡳᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘱𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠢᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧒𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐶𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମିକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢶꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆴𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖰𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මික්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩑𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚮𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
• மிக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
• మిక్ష్ (Telugu script)
• มิกฺษฺ (Thai script)
• མི་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒱𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨁𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably desiderative of मिश् (miś). From Proto-Indo-European *meyḱ- (“to mix”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μίγνυμι (mígnumi, “to mix”), Proto-Slavic *mě̄sìti, Lithuanian mišti and maišyti (“to mix”); Latin misceō whence English mixture, miscellaneous; English mix, mash.

Pronunciation

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

Root

मिक्ष् • (mikṣ)

1. to mix

Derived terms

• मिश्र (miśrá, “mixed”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मिक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0815.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मिक्ष्”, 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 120
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “मिक्ष्”, 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 258
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 428
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0714”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0714