# दक्ष
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दक्ष (dákṣa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d̪əkʂ/, [d̪ɐkʃ]

### Adjective

दक्ष • (dakṣ) (indeclinable)
* dextrous, skilled, expert
    Synonyms: कुशल (kuśal), निपुण (nipuṇ), माहिर (māhir)
    वे कई कलाओं में दक्ष हैं।ve kaī kalāõ mẽ dakṣ ha͠i.He is skilled in many arts.

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दक्ष”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दक्ष (dákṣa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d̪ək.ʂə/

### Adjective

दक्ष • (dakṣa)
* clever; competent; expert; dexterous

### References

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “दक्ष”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “दक्ष”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* দক্ষ (Assamese script)
* ᬤᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
* দক্ষ (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
* ဒက္ၑ (Burmese script)
* દક્ષ (Gujarati script)
* ਦਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
* ದಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
* ទក្ឞ (Khmer script)
* ທກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
* ദക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᠠᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
* ଦକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
* ꢣꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
* දක්‍ෂ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
* த³க்ஷ (Tamil script)
* దక్ష (Telugu script)
* ทกฺษ (Thai script)
* ད་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root दक्ष् (dakṣ, “able, strong”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dɐ́k.ʂɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈd̪ɐk.ʂɐ/

### Adjective

दक्ष • (dákṣa) stem
* right (side)
* able, fit, adroit, dexterous
* expert, clever, industrious
* strong, suitable

#### Declension
### Noun

दक्ष • (dákṣa) stem, m
* ability, fitness
* disposition

#### Declension
### Proper noun

दक्ष • (dákṣa) stem, m
* (Vedic religion) a vedic solar deity and one of the Adityas
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.89.3:तान्पूर्व॑या नि॒विदा॑ हूमहे व॒यं भगं॑ मि॒त्रमदि॑तिं॒ दक्ष॑म्अ॒स्रिध॑म्। अ॒र्य॒मणं॒ वरु॑णं॒ सोम॑म॒श्विना॒ सर॑स्वती नः सु॒भगा॒ मय॑स्करत्॥tā́npū́rvayā nivídā hūmahe vayáṃ bhágaṃ mitrámáditiṃ dákṣamasrídham. aryamáṇaṃ váruṇaṃ sómamaśvínā sárasvatī naḥ subhágā máyaskarat.We invoke them with an ancient text, Bhaga, Mitra, Aditi, Dakṣa, Asridh, Aryaman, Varuṇa, Soma, the Aśvins; and may the gracious Sarasvatī grant us happiness.
* (Hinduism) Daksha, a Manasputra of Brahma and one of the Prajapatis.

#### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “दक्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0465.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दक्ष”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दक्ष”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0190”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0190
* Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 294