सीक्षते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

সীক্ষতে (Assamese script)
ᬲᬷᬓ᭄ᬱᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
সীক্ষতে (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰱𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑀻𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
သီက္ၑတေ (Burmese script)
સીક્ષતે (Gujarati script)
ਸੀਕ੍ਸ਼ਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
ꦱꦷꦏ꧀ꦰꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂲𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
ಸೀಕ್ಷತೇ (Kannada script)
សីក្ឞតេ (Khmer script)
ສີກ຺ຩເຕ (Lao script)
സീക്ഷതേ (Malayalam script)
ᠰᡳᡳᡬᢢᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘲𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
ᠰᠢᠢᢉᢔᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧓𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑐷𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
ସୀକ୍ଷତେ (Odia script)
ꢱꢷꢒ꣄ꢰꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑆵𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖱𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
සීක්‍ෂතෙ (Sinhalese script)
𑪁𑩑𑩛𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚯𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
ஸீக்ஷதே (Tamil script)
సీక్షతే (Telugu script)
สีกฺษเต (Thai script)
སཱི་ཀྵ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑒲𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑨁𑨊𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *síẓḍẓatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sízȷ́žatay, from Proto-Indo-European *sí-sǵʰ-se-ti, i-reduplicated (h₁)se-desiderative of *seǵʰ- (“to overpower”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /síːk.ʂɐ.tɐj/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪iːk.ʂɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

सीक्षते • (sī́kṣate) third-singular indicative (root सह्)

to wish to overcome

Related terms

सहते (sahate)
सहस् (sahas)
साढृ (sāḍhṛ)
साळ्हृ (sāḷhṛ)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “सीक्षते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1193.