# क्षेत्र
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्षेत्र॑ (kṣétra). Doublet of खेत (khet).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /kʂeːt̪.ɾᵊ/, [kʃeːt̪.ɾᵊ]

### Noun

क्षेत्र • (kṣetra) m (Urdu spelling کشيتر)
* field, area of study
    गणित का कौन्सा क्षेत्र तुम्हे सबसे पसंद आता है?gaṇit kā kaunsā kṣetra tumhe sabse pasand ātā hai?Which field of mathematics do you like the most?
* region, area, zone
    Synonyms: इलाक़ा (ilāqā), हलक़ा (halqā), ज़ोन (zon), अंचल (añcal)
    यह क्षेत्र उस राज्य के अंतर्गत है।yah kṣetra us rājya ke antargat hai.This region is included in that state.
    पश्चिमी क्षेत्र ― paścimī kṣetra ― western zone
* field, land, enclosed plot of ground
    Synonyms: खेत (khet), ज़मीन (zamīn)
* (physics) field
    वैद्युत क्षेत्र ― vaidyut kṣetra ― electric field

#### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “क्षेत्र”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क्षेत्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Nepali
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्षेत्र॑ (kṣétra).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡sʰet̪rʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: छेत्र

### Noun

क्षेत्र • (kṣetra)
* field, area, region, zone

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ক্ষেত্ৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬓ᭄ᬱᬾᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
* ক্ষেত্র (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰸𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁂𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* က္ၑေတြ (Burmese script)
* ક્ષેત્ર (Gujarati script)
* ਕ੍ਸ਼ੇਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦏ꧀ꦰꦺꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂵𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ (Kannada script)
* ក្ឞេត្រ (Khmer script)
* ກ຺ເຩຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
* ക്ഷേത്ര (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᢢᡝᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘹𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᢉᢔᠧᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧚𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐾𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
* କ୍ଷେତ୍ର (Odia script)
* ꢒ꣄ꢰꢾꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆼𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖸𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
* ක්‍ෂෙත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩔𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚶𑚲𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
* க்ஷேத்ர (Tamil script)
* క్షేత్ర (Telugu script)
* กฺเษตฺร (Thai script)
* ཀྵེ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒹𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨄𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ṭṣáytram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćšáytram, from Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytrom. Cognate with Avestan 𐬱𐬋𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (šōiθra), English home.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kʂɐ́jt.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkʂeːt̪.ɾɐ/

### Noun

क्षेत्र॑ • (kṣétra) stem, n
* land, soil, ground
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
* field, cultivated area
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
* area, domain place, region, country
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

#### Derived terms

* कुरुक्षेत्र (kurukṣetrá)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** → Kalasha: č̣hetr
** → Khowar: ݯھیتُر (c̣hétur)
* Niya Prakrit: 𐨐𐨿𐨮𐨅𐨟𐨿𐨪 (kṣetra)
* Prakrit: 𑀔𑁂𑀢𑁆𑀢 (khĕtta), 𑀙𑁂𑀢𑁆𑀢 (chĕtta) (see there for further descendants)
* Pali: khetta
** → Khmer: ខេត្ត (khaet)
** → Lao: ເຂດ (khēt)
** → Thai: เขต (kèet)
** → Tocharian B: keta (learned)

##### Borrowed terms

* → Middle Chinese: 剎多羅 (MC tsrhaet ta la)
** → Mandarin: 剎多羅／刹多罗 (chàduōluó)
** → Middle Korean: 刹 (뎔, dyeol), 刹 (졀, jyeol)
*** → Japanese: 寺 (てら, tera)
*** → Korean: 찰 (chal), 절 (jeol)
*** → Vietnamese: 剎 (sát)
* → Assamese: ক্ষেত্ৰ (khetro)
* → Bengali: ক্ষেত্র (khetro)
* → English: kshetra
* → Hindi: क्षेत्र (kṣetra)
* → Marathi: क्षेत्र (kṣetra)
* → Kannada: ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ (kṣētra)
* → Khmer: ក្សេត្រ (kseet)
* → Lao: ກະເສດ (ka sēt)
* → Nepali: क्षेत्र (kṣetra)
* → Odia: କ୍ଷେତ୍ର (kshetra), କ୍ଷେତ (ksheta)
* → Old Javanese: kṣetra, setra
** > Javanese: ꦱꦺꦠꦿ (sétra) (inherited)
*** → Indonesian: setra (“field”)
** → Balinese: ᬲᬾᬢ᭄ᬭ (setra)
*** → Indonesian: setra (“graveyard, cemetery”)
* → Tamil: கேத்திரம் (kēttiram), சேத்து (cēttu), சேத்திரம் (cēttiram), க்ஷேத்திரம் (kṣēttiram)
* → Telugu: క్షేత్రము (kṣētramu), క్షేత్రం (kṣētraṁ)
* → Thai: เกษตร (gà-sèet)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “क्षेत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 332.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kṣḗtra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 195