# लक्ष्मी
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /lək.ʂmiː/, [lɐk.ʃmiː]

### Proper noun

लक्ष्मी • (lakṣmī) f (Urdu spelling لکشمی)
* Lakshmi (Hindu deity)
* a female given name, Lakshmi, from Sanskrit

#### Declension
### Noun

लक्ष्मी • (lakṣmī) f (Urdu spelling لکشمی)
* wealth

#### Declension
## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lək.ʂmi/, [lək.ʂmiː]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

लक्ष्मी • (lakṣmī) f
* Lakshmi
* a female given name, Lakshmi, from Sanskrit

## Nepali
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lʌk̚t͡sʰjmi]
* Phonetic Devanagari: लछ्मि
* IPA: [lʌksmi]
* Phonetic Devanagari: लक्स्मि
* IPA: [lʌt̚t͡sʰimi]
* Phonetic Devanagari: लछ्छिमि

### Proper noun

लक्ष्मी • (lakṣmī)
* Lakshmi
* a female given name, Lakshmi, from Sanskrit.

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* লক্ষ্মী (Assamese script)
* ᬮᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ᬫᬷ (Balinese script)
* লক্ষ্মী (Bengali script)
* 𑰩𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿𑰦𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆𑀫𑀻 (Brahmi script)
* လက္ၑ္မီ (Burmese script)
* લક્ષ્મી (Gujarati script)
* ਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮੀ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌲𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌮𑍀 (Grantha script)
* ꦭꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ꦩꦷ (Javanese script)
* 𑂪𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹𑂧𑂲 (Kaithi script)
* ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ (Kannada script)
* លក្ឞ្មី (Khmer script)
* ລກ຺ຩ຺ມີ (Lao script)
* ലക്ഷ്മീ (Malayalam script)
* ᠯᠠᡬᢢᠮᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘩𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿𑘦𑘲 (Modi script)
* ᠯᠠᢉᢔᠮᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧉𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠𑧆𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐮𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂𑐩𑐷 (Newa script)
* ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ (Odia script)
* ꢭꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ꢪꢷ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆬𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀𑆩𑆵 (Sharada script)
* 𑖩𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿𑖦𑖱 (Siddham script)
* ලක්‍ෂ‍්මී (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩽𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙𑩴𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚥𑚊𑚶𑚶𑚢𑚯 (Takri script)
* லக்ஷ்மீ (Tamil script)
* లక్ష్మీ (Telugu script)
* ลกฺษฺมี (Thai script)
* ལ་ཀྵྨཱི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒪𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂𑒧𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨬𑨋𑩇𑨯𑩇𑨢𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From लक्ष् (lakṣ).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /lɐkʂ.míː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /l̪ɐkʂ.miː/

### Noun

लक्ष्मी • (lakṣmī́) stem, f
* mark, sign, token
** RV 10.71.2
    सक्तुमिव-तित-उना पुनन्तो यत्र धीरा मनसा वाचमक्रत |
    अत्रा सखायः सख्यानि जानते भद्रैषांलक्ष्मीर्निहिताधि वाचि ||
       saktumiva-tita-unā punanto yatra dhīrā manasā vācamakrata |
       atrā sakhāyaḥ sakhyāni jānate bhadraiṣāṃlakṣmīrnihitādhi vāci ||
          Where, like men cleansing corn-flour in a cribble, the wise in spirit have created language,
          Friends see and recognize the marks of friendship: their speech retains the blessed sign imprinted.
* (with or without पापी (pāpī́)) a bad sign, impending misfortune
* (but in the older language more usually with पुण्या (púṇyā)) a good sign, good fortune, prosperity, success, happiness
* wealth, riches
* beauty, loveliness, grace, charm, splendour, lustre
* Lakshmi
* the Good Genius or Fortune of a king personified (and often regarded as a rival of his queen), royal power, dominion, majesty
* a particular verse or formula
* name of various plants (Hibiscus mutabilis, Acacia polycantha (syn. Mimosa suma), turmeric etc.)
* pearl
* name of the eleventh kala of the moon
* name of two kinds of metre
* name of the wife of a hero
* = द्रव्य (dravya)
* name of the wife of king Chandra-simha of Mithila and patroness of various authors
* name of a poetess
* name of another woman

#### Descendants

* Prakrit: 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (lacchī)
** Old Gujarati: लाछि (lāchi)
*** Gujarati: લાછ (lāch)
*** Marwari:
    Devanagari script: लाछ (lāch), लाछी (lāchī)
    Mahajani script: 𑅮𑅚 (lch), 𑅮𑅚𑅑 (lchi)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī)
    Urdu: لکشمی (lakṣmī)
* → Kannada: ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ (lakṣmi)
* → Khmer: លក្ស្មី (lĕəksməy)
* → Malayalam: ലക്ഷ്മി (lakṣmi)
* → Malay: laksmi
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਲਕਸ਼ਮੀ (lakśamī), ਲੱਛਮੀ (lacchamī)
    Shahmukhi script: لکشمی (lakṣmī)
* → Tamil: லட்சுமி (laṭcumi)
* → Telugu: లక్ష్మి (lakṣmi)

### References

* “लक्ष्मी” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 457.
* Monier Williams (1899) “लक्ष्मी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0892.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “लक्ष्मी”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 259
* Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 713