# क्षि
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* क्षय् (kṣay)

### Alternative scripts

* ক্ষি (Assamese script)
* ᬓ᭄ᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
* ক্ষি (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* က္ၑိ (Burmese script)
* ક્ષિ (Gujarati script)
* ਕ੍ਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦏ꧀ꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಕ್ಷಿ (Kannada script)
* ក្ឞិ (Khmer script)
* ກ຺ຩິ (Lao script)
* ക്ഷി (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᢢᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᢉᢔᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶 (Newa script)
* କ୍ଷି (Odia script)
* ꢒ꣄ꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
* ක්‍ෂි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚶𑚮 (Takri script)
* க்ஷி (Tamil script)
* క్షి (Telugu script)
* กฺษิ (Thai script)
* ཀྵི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *tk-éh₁- (“acquisition”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to take by the hand; to receive, obtain”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κτάομαι (ktáomai, “to get, acquire”), Persian شاه (šâh, “king, shah”).

#### Root

क्षि • (kṣi)
* to possess, have power over, rule, govern, be master of

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

* क्षयति (kṣáyati, Present)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* क्षयद्वीर (kṣayádvīra)
* ऋभुक्षा (ṛbhukṣā́)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- (“to settle, dwell”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κτίζω (ktízō, “to people; to establish”), English home.

#### Root

क्षि • (kṣi)
* to dwell, abide, stay, reside
* to remain
* to inhabit

##### Derived terms

* क्षयतस् (kṣayatas)
* क्षयत् (kṣayat)
* क्षयया (kṣayayā)
* क्षयस् (kṣayas)
* क्षयाम (kṣayāma)
* क्षितस् (kṣitas)
* क्षियति (kṣiyati)
* क्षियत् (kṣiyat)
* क्षियन्ति (kṣiyanti)
* क्षेति (kṣeti)
* क्षेत्र (kṣétra)
* क्षेपयत् (kṣepayat)
* क्षेम (kṣéma)
* क्षेषत् (kṣeṣat)
* क्षेष्यत् (kṣeṣyat)

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰi-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gžʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (“to perish, destroy”).

#### Root

क्षि • (kṣi)
* to destroy, corrupt, ruin, perish
* to kill, injure

##### Derived terms

* अक्षित (akṣita, “imperishable”)
* अक्षितोति (akṣitoti)
* क्षपयति (kṣapáyati, causative)
* क्षय (kṣaya, “loss, waste”)
* क्षिणाति (kṣiṇā́ti, 9 P)
* क्षिणोति (kṣiṇóti, 5 P)
* क्षित (kṣita, “wasted, decayed”)
* क्षीण (kṣīṇa, “wasted, weakened”)
* क्षीयते (kṣīyáte, passive)

### References

* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “क्षि”, 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 29
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “क्षि”, 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 (1992) “KṢAY¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 426-7
* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “kþē(i)-, kþə(i)-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 626
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “क्षि 1.kshi”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 327, column 3.
* ↑ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “kṣā [2]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 427
* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “k̑þei-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 626
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “क्षि 2.kshi”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 327, column 3.
* ↑ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “kṣay [2]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 428
* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “g$^{u̯}$hđei(ə-)”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 487
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “क्षि 4.kshi”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 328, column 1.
* ↑ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “kṣay [3]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University