वीक्षते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ৱীক্ষতে (Assamese script)
ᬯᬷᬓ᭄ᬱᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
বীক্ষতে (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰱𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀻𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
ဝီက္ၑတေ (Burmese script)
વીક્ષતે (Gujarati script)
ਵੀਕ੍ਸ਼ਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦷꦏ꧀ꦰꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂲𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
ವೀಕ್ಷತೇ (Kannada script)
វីក្ឞតេ (Khmer script)
ວີກ຺ຩເຕ (Lao script)
വീക്ഷതേ (Malayalam script)
ᠸᡳᡳᡬᢢᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘲𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
ᠸᠢᠢᢉᢔᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧓𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐷𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
ଵୀକ୍ଷତେ (Odia script)
ꢮꢷꢒ꣄ꢰꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆵𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖱𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
වීක්‍ෂතෙ (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩑𑩛𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚯𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
வீக்ஷதே (Tamil script)
వీక్షతే (Telugu script)
วีกฺษเต (Thai script)
ཝཱི་ཀྵ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒲𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨁𑨊𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wí

Sanskrit वि- (vi-)

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷsder.

Sanskrit ईक्ष॑ते (ī́kṣate)

Sanskrit वीक्षते (vīkṣate)

From वि- (vi-) + ईक्ष॑ते (ī́kṣate).

Turner suggests Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (vekhati /⁠vekkhati⁠/) and Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀳𑀇 (vehaï) are descendants, but due to the vowel quality these seem more likely from Sanskrit अवे॑क्षते (ávekṣate) with aphesis.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋíːk.ʂɐ.tɐj/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋiːk.ʂɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

वीक्ष॑ते • (vī́kṣate) third-singular indicative (class 1, type A, present, root वीक्ष्)^[1]^[2]

to see, look at

Conjugation

Present: वीक्षते (vī́kṣate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षते vī́kṣate	वीक्षेते vī́kṣete	वीक्षन्ते vī́kṣante
Second	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षसे vī́kṣase	वीक्षेथे vī́kṣethe	वीक्षध्वे vī́kṣadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षे vī́kṣe	वीक्षावहे vī́kṣāvahe	वीक्षामहे vī́kṣāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षताम् vī́kṣatām	वीक्षेताम् vī́kṣetām	वीक्षन्ताम् vī́kṣantām
Second	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षस्व vī́kṣasva	वीक्षेथाम् vī́kṣethām	वीक्षध्वम् vī́kṣadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षै vī́kṣai	वीक्षावहै vī́kṣāvahai	वीक्षामहै vī́kṣāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षेत vī́kṣeta	वीक्षेयाताम् vī́kṣeyātām	वीक्षेरन् vī́kṣeran
Second	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षेथाः vī́kṣethāḥ	वीक्षेयाथाम् vī́kṣeyāthām	वीक्षेध्वम् vī́kṣedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षेय vī́kṣeya	वीक्षेवहि vī́kṣevahi	वीक्षेमहि vī́kṣemahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षाते / वीक्षातै vī́kṣāte / vī́kṣātai	वीक्षैते vī́kṣaite	वीक्षन्त / वीक्षान्तै vī́kṣanta / vī́kṣāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षासे / वीक्षासै vī́kṣāse / vī́kṣāsai	वीक्षैथे vī́kṣaithe	वीक्षाध्वै vī́kṣādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षै vī́kṣai	वीक्षावहै vī́kṣāvahai	वीक्षामहै vī́kṣāmahai
Participles
	- -			वीक्षमाण vī́kṣamāṇa
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kalami: [script needed] (bīc̣h-)
- Kalasha: بھِیچِیک (bhíčik, “to aim at”)
- Kashmiri:
  Arabic script: وُچھُن (vuchun)
  
  Devanagari script: वुछुन (wuchun)
- Phalura: [script needed] (bic̣h-)
- Tirahi: [script needed] (bīč-)

References

^ Monier Williams (1899), “वीक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1004.
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vī́kṣatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 696

[1] Monier Williams (1899), “वीक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1004.

[2] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vī́kṣatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 696

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