# पक्षिन्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পক্ষিন্ (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬓ᭄ᬱᬶᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
* পক্ষিন্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ပက္ၑိန် (Burmese script)
* પક્ષિન્ (Gujarati script)
* ਪਕ੍ਸ਼ਿਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦏ꧀ꦰꦶꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂱𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಪಕ್ಷಿೝ (Kannada script)
* បក្ឞិន៑ (Khmer script)
* ປກ຺ຩິນ຺ (Lao script)
* പക്ഷിന് (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᠠᡬᢢᡳᠨ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠠᢉᢔᠢᠨ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧒𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
* ପକ୍ଷିନ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢒ꣄ꢰꢶꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
* පක්‍ෂින් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩑𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚊𑚶𑚮𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
* பக்ஷிந் (Tamil script)
* పక్షిౝ (Telugu script)
* ปกฺษินฺ (Thai script)
* པ་ཀྵི་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨁𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From पक्ष (pakṣá, “wing”) +‎ -इन् (-ín, “possessor”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɐk.ʂín/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /pɐk.ʂin̪/

### Adjective

पक्षिन् • (pakṣín) stem
* winged
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.20.10:वृ॒ष॒ण॒श्वेन॑ मरुतो॒ वृष॑प्सुना॒ रथे॑न॒ वृष॑नाभिना। आ श्ये॒नासो॒ न प॒क्षिणो॒ वृथा॑ नरो ह॒व्या नो॑ वी॒तये॑ गत॥vṛṣaṇaśvéna maruto vṛ́ṣapsunā ráthena vṛ́ṣanābhinā. ā́ śyenā́so ná pakṣíṇo vṛ́thā naro havyā́ no vītáye gata.Come hither, O you Maruts, on your strong horsed chariot, solid in look, with solid naves. Lightly like winged falcons, O you heroes, come, come to enjoy our offerings.

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas

#### Descendants

* Pali: pakkhin

### Noun

पक्षिन् • (pakṣín) stem, m
* a bird; any winged animal
    Synonym: वि (vi)
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.48.5:आ घा॒ योषे॑व सू॒नर्यु॒षा या॑ति प्रभुञ्ज॒ती। ज॒रय॑न्ती॒ वृज॑नं प॒द्वदी॑यत॒ उत्पा॑तयति प॒क्षिणः॑॥ā́ ghā yóṣeva sūnáryuṣā́ yāti prabhuñjatī́. jaráyantī vṛ́janaṃ padvádīyata útpātayati pakṣíṇaḥ.Like a merry young woman Uṣas comes carefully tending everything: Rousing all life, she stirs all creatures that have feet, and makes the birds fly up.

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀧𑀔𑀺 (pakhi /⁠pakkhi⁠/, “bird”)
** Prakrit: pakkhi, paṃkhi
    Brahmi script: 𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺, 𑀧𑀁𑀔𑀺
    Devanagari script: पक्खि, पंखि
    Kannada script: ಪಕ್ಖಿ, ಪಂಖಿ
*** Bengali: পাখি (pakhi)
*** Chakma: 𑄛𑄬𑄇𑄴 (pek)
*** Old Gujarati: पखी (pakhī), पंखी (paṃkhī)
**** Gujarati: પંખી (paṅkhī)
*** Kachchi: પંખી (paṅkhī)
*** Old Punjabi: ਪੰਖੀ (paṅkhī)
*** → Old Kannada: ಪಕ್ಕಿ (pakki)
**** Kannada: ಹಕ್ಕಿ (hakki)
* Dardic:
** Torwali: پݜیِن (paṣīn)
* Pali: pakkhin
* Bengali: পঙ্খী (poṅkhi)
* Old Hindi: पंषी (paṃṣī), पंषि (pãṣi)
** Hindustani: pañchī
    Hindi: पंछी
    Urdu: پَنْچِھی (panchī)
* Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਪੰਛੀ (pañchī)
    Shahmukhi script: پَنچھی (panchī)
* Assamese: পক্ষী (pokhi)
* Bengali: পক্ষী (pokkhi)
* Gujarati: પક્ષી (pakṣī)
* Hindi: पक्षी (pakṣī)
* Kannada: ಪಕ್ಷಿ (pakṣi)
* Khmer: បក្សី (baksəy)
* Konkani:
    Devanagari script: पक्षी
    Latin script: pokxi
* Lao: ປັກສີ (pak sī)
* Malayalam: പക്ഷി (pakṣi)
* Old Marathi: pakṣī
    Devanagari script: पक्षी
    Modi script: 𑘢𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘲
** Marathi: पक्षी (pakṣī)
* Tamil: பட்சி (paṭci)
* Telugu: పక్షి (pakṣi)
* Thai: ปักษิน (bpàk-sǐn)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “पक्षिन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 574.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पक्षिन्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 946
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pakṣín”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 430