# अक्षि
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অক্ষি (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬓ᭄ᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
* অক্ষি (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* အက္ၑိ (Burmese script)
* અક્ષિ (Gujarati script)
* ਅਕ੍ਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦏ꧀ꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಅಕ್ಷಿ (Kannada script)
* អក្ឞិ (Khmer script)
* ອກ຺ຩິ (Lao script)
* അക്ഷി (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᡬᢢᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠠᢉᢔᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଅକ୍ଷି (Odia script)
* ꢂꢒ꣄ꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
* අක්‍ෂි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚊𑚶𑚮 (Takri script)
* அக்ஷி (Tamil script)
* అక్షి (Telugu script)
* อกฺษิ (Thai script)
* ཨ་ཀྵི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hákṣi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hákši, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs (“eye”), from *h₃ekʷ-. Cognate with Latin oculus, Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse), Old Armenian ակն (akn) and աչք (ačʻkʻ), Old English ēage (whence English eye).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ́k.ʂi/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɐk.ʂi/

### Noun

अक्षि • (ákṣi) stem, n
* eye
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.79.2:गुहा॒ शिरो॒ निहि॑त॒मृध॑ग्अक्षी असि॑न्वन्नत्ति जि॒ह्वया॒ वना॑नि। अत्रा॑ण्यस्मै प॒ड्भिः सं भ॑रन्त्युत्ता॒नह॑स्ता॒ नम॒साधि॑ वि॒क्षु॥gúhā śíro níhitamṛ́dhagakṣī asinvannatti jihváyā vánāni. átrāṇyasmai paḍbhíḥ sáṃ bharantyuttānáhastā námasā́dhi vikṣú.His head is deposited in a cavern; his eyes are wide apart; with his tongue he devours the wood without masticating; the priests approaching on food reverently offer him oblations among the people with uplifted hands.
* the number two
* (in the dual) the sun and moon

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kalami: اڄ (ac̣)
** Kalasha: eč
** Kashmiri:
*** Arabic script: أچھ (ạch)
*** Devanagari script: ॲछ (ạch)
*** Sharada script: 𑆃𑆾𑇋𑆗 (ạch)
** >? Khowar: غیچ (ġeč)
** Phalura: ac̣híi
** Shina: اَڇھی (aċhī)
* Pali: akkhi
* Prakrit: 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (akkhi), 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀺 (acchi)
** Central Indo-Aryan:
*** Hindustani:
    Hindi: आँख (ā̃kh)
    Urdu: آن٘کھ (ā̃kh)
** Eastern Indo-Aryan:
*** Early Assamese: আখি (akhi)
**** Assamese: আখি (akhi)
*** Old Bengali: আখি
**** Bengali: আঁখ (ãkh), আঁখি (ãkhi)
*** Odia: ଆଖି (ākhi)
** Insular Indo-Aryan: (< 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀺 (acchi))
*** Sinhalese: ඇස (æsa)
** Northern Indo-Aryan:
*** Nepali: आँखा (ā̃khā)
*** Dogri: हाख्खि (hākhkhi)
** Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
*** Punjabi:
**** Gurmukhi script: ਅੱਖ (akkha)
**** Shahmukhi script: اَکّھ (akkh)
*** Sindhi: अखि (akhi)
** Western Indo-Aryan:
*** Old Gujarati:
**** Gujarati: આંખ (ā̃kha)
*** Romani: jakh
*** Marwari: [script needed] (ākhi)
* → Bengali: অক্ষি (okkhi) (learned)
* → Malayalam: അക്ഷി (akṣi) (learned)
* → Odia: ଅକ୍ଷି (akshi) (learned)
* → Tamil: அக்கு (akku)
* → Telugu: అక్షి (akṣi) (learned)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “अक्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 3, column 3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 42-43