शिक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শিক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬶᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• শিক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰰𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၐိက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
• શિક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਿਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦶꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂱𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಿಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ឝិក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຨິກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ശിക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡳᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘱𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠢᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧒𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐶𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଶିକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢶꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆴𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖰𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ශික්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩑𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚮𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஶிக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
• శిక్ష్ (Telugu script)
• ศิกฺษฺ (Thai script)
• ཤི་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒱𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨁𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱek-der.

Sanskrit शिक्ष् (śikṣ)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćikš-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱek- (“to be able, capable”). Desiderative of शक् (śak, “to be able”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

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

Root

शिक्ष् • (śikṣ)

1. to learn, acquire knowledge, study, practice, learn from
2. to instruct, teach
3. to wish to be able to
4. to try, attempt

Derived terms

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

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root शिक्ष् (13 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• शिक्षति (śíkṣati, Present)
• शिक्ष्यति (śíkṣyati, Future)

Secondary Forms

• शिक्ष्यते (śíkṣyate, Passive)
• शिक्षयति (śikṣayati, Causative)

Derived Nominal Forms

• शिक्षक (śikṣaka, “male teacher”)
• शिक्षण (śikṣaṇa, “teaching”)
• शिक्षा (śikṣā, “learning”)
• शिक्षिका (śikṣikā, “female teacher”)
• शिक्षते (śikṣate)
• शिक्षत् (śikṣat)
• शिक्षमाण (śikṣamāṇa)
• शिक्षाण (śikṣāṇa)
• शिशिक्ष (śiśikṣa)
• अशिक्षिष्ट (aśikṣiṣṭa)
• अशिक्षि (aśikṣi)
• अशिशिक्षत् (aśiśikṣat)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शिक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1070, column 1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ŚIKṢ - śíkhā-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 634