शक्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱak- (to be able). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬐- (sak-, to agree).

Pronunciation

Root

शक् (śak)

  1. to be able
  2. can

Derived terms

  • शक्तवे (śaktave)
  • शक्ति (śakti, strength)
  • शक्तुम् (śaktum)
  • शक्नोति (śaknoti)
  • शक्मन् (śákman, power, strength, ability, capacity, enterprise)
  • शक्यता (śakyatā, possibility)
  • शक्र (śakra)
  • शग्म (śagmá, potent, mighty, efficacious; friendly, supportive, enabling)
  • शाक्मन् (śā́kman, support, enabling, assistance, aid)
  • शिक्ष् (śíkṣ, desiderative root)

Descendants

  • Kannada: ಶಕ್ಯ (śakya, possible)
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