# वक्ष्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* उक्ष् (ukṣ)

### Alternative scripts

* ৱক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
* বক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဝက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
* વક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਵਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ವಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
* វក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
* ວກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
* വക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠠᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠠᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଵକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
* වක්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
* வக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
* వక్ష్ (Telugu script)
* วกฺษฺ (Thai script)
* ཝ་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to grow, increase”). Cognate with Lithuanian áukštas (“high, tall”); Latin augustus, augur, augeō whence English augment; English eke.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɐkʂ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋɐkʂ/

### Root

वक्ष् • (vakṣ)
* to grow, increase, augment
* to be strong, powerful

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* उक्षति (ukṣati, Present)
* वक्षिष्यति (vakṣiṣyati, Future)
* वक्षिता (vakṣitā, Periphrastic Future)
* औक्षीत् (áukṣīt, Aorist)
* ववक्ष (vavákṣa, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* वक्षयति (vakṣayati, Causative)
* उक्षयति (ukṣayati, Causative)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* उक्षित (ukṣitá, Past Participle)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* वक्षण (vákṣaṇa)
* वक्षणा (vakṣáṇā)
* वक्षथ (vakṣátha)

#### Related terms

* वज् (vaj)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 911, column 3.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “वक्ष्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 151
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “वक्ष्”, 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
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAKṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 485-487
* 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 189
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 662
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1118”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1118