मक्षिका

See also: मक्षिक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬫᬓ᭄ᬱᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
মক্ষিকা (Assamese script)
মক্ষিকা (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
𑌮𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
મક્ષિકા (Gujarati script)
ਮਕੑਸ਼ਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦩꦏ꧀ꦰꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
មក្ឞិកា (Khmer script)
ಮಕ್ಷಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
ມກ຺ຩິກາ (Lao script)
മക്ഷികാ (Malayalam script)
𑘦𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᢉᢔᢈᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
ᠮᠠᡬᢢᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
မက္ၑိကာ (Burmese script)
𑧆𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
ମକ୍ଷିକା (Oriya script)
ꢪꢒ꣄ꢰꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
මක්ෂිකා (Sinhalese script)
మక్షికా (Telugu script)
มกฺษิกา (Thai script)
མ་ཀྵི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From मक्षि (mákṣi, “fly”) (which is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákšiH) + -क (-ka). Compare Sanskrit मशक (maśaka, “gnat, mosqito, fly”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́k.ʂi.kɑː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐk.ʂi.kɑː/

Noun

मक्षिका • (mákṣikā) f

a fly, bee (RV.)

Descendants

Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: মাখি (makhi)
- Bengali: মাছি (machi)
- Oriya: ମାଛି (machi)
- Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠌꠍꠤ (massí)
- Rohingya: masí
Pali: makkhikā
Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Gujarati: માખી (mākhī)
- Hindustani:
  Hindi: मक्खी (makkhī)
  
  Urdu: مکھی‎ (makkhī)
- Punjabi: ਮੱਖੀ (makkhī) / مکھّی‎ (makkhī)
- Sindhi: مَکِ‎ / मखि (makhi)

References

“म॑क्षिका” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 388, column 2.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “मक्षिका”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 212
Monier Williams (1899), “Mákshikā”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 771/3.

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