रक्ष्
See also: रक्षा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৰক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬭᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- রক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ရက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
- રક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਰਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦫꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ರಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
- រក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຣກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
- രക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᠠᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
- 𑘨𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠠᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧈𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ରକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢬꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- රක්ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩼𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚤𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
- ரக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
- రక్ష్ (Telugu script)
- รกฺษฺ (Thai script)
- ར་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek-
Sanskrit रक्ष् (rakṣ)
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrakṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrakš-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”), Old Armenian երաշխիք (erašxikʻ) (an Iranian loanword), Old English ealgian (“to protect, defend”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɾɐkʂ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɾɐkʂ/
Root
रक्ष् • (rakṣ)
- to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save, preserve
- to tend (cattle)
- to rule (the earth or a country)
- to keep (a secret)
- to spare, have regard to (another's feelings)
- to observe (a law, duty &c.)
- to guard against, ward off, keep away, prevent, frustrate, injure
- to heed, attend to
- to conceal, hide
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root रक्ष् (0 c, 4 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root रक्ष् (15 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- रक्षति (rákṣati) (Present)
- रक्षिष्यति (rakṣiṣyáti) (Future)
- रक्षिता (rakṣitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
- अरक्षीत् (árakṣīt) (Aorist)
- अराक्षीत् (árākṣīt) (Aorist)
- रक्ष्यात् (rakṣyāt) (Benedictive)
- ररक्ष (rarákṣa) (Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- रक्ष्यते (rakṣyáte) (Passive)
- रक्षयति (rakṣáyati) (Causative)
- अररक्षत् (ararakṣat) (Causative Aorist)
- रिरक्षिषति (rirakṣiṣati) (Desiderative)
- रारक्ष्यते (rārakṣyate) (Intensive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- रक्षित (rakṣitá) (Past Participle)
- रक्षितुम् (rákṣitum) (Infinitive)
- रक्षित्वा (rakṣitvā́) (Gerund)
- रक्ष्य (rakṣya) (Gerundive)
- रक्षितव्य (rakṣitavya) (Gerundive)
- रक्षणीय (rakṣaṇīya) (Gerundive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
- अनुरक्ष् (anurakṣ)
- अभिरक्ष् (abhirakṣ)
- परिरक्ष् (parirakṣ)
- प्रतिरक्ष् (pratirakṣ)
- विरक्ष् (virakṣ)
- संरक्ष् (saṃrakṣ)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “रक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 859, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 134
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 422