# पक्ष
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pəkʂ/, [pɐkʃ]

### Noun

पक्ष • (pakṣ) m
* faction, side, party
    Synonym: तरफ़ (taraf)
    पक्ष साथ-साथ लड़ रहे थे।pakṣ sāth-sāth laṛ rahe the.The factions were fighting amongst themselves.
* aspect, quality
* support, approval
* lunar fortnight

#### Derived terms

* पक्षद्वाय (pakṣadvāy)
* पक्षपात (pakṣapāt)
* पक्षपातपूर्ण (pakṣapātpūrṇ)
* पक्षपातविहीन (pakṣapātvihīn)
* पक्षपाती (pakṣapātī)
* विपक्ष (vipakṣ)

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pək.ʂə/

### Noun

पक्ष • (pakṣa) m
* (politics) political party
    Synonym: राजकीय पक्ष (rājakīya pakṣa)
* fortnight in lunar month

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “पक्ष”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পক্ষ (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
* পক্ষ (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
* ပက္ၑ (Burmese script)
* પક્ષ (Gujarati script)
* ਪਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
* ಪಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
* បក្ឞ (Khmer script)
* ປກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
* പക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᠠᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
* ପକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
* පක්‍ෂ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
* பக்ஷ (Tamil script)
* పక్ష (Telugu script)
* ปกฺษ (Thai script)
* པ་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pakšás (“side, flank”), from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“side, flank”).
Cognate with Ossetian фахс (faxs, “side”) and maybe Latvian paksis (“corner of a house”).
Alternatively from Proto-Indo-Iranian *paćšás and cognate with Prasuni obuć (“side”), Waigali pāći (“side”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɐk.ʂɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /pɐk.ʂɐ/

### Noun

पक्ष • (pakṣá) stem, m
* wing, pinion
* shoulder
* the flank or side or the half of anything
* the side or wing of a building
* the wing or flank of an army
* the half of a lunar month
* side, party, faction
* multitude, number, troop, set, class of beings
* partisan, adherent, follower, friend
* side i.e. position, place, stead
* one of two cases or one side of an argument, an alternative
* a point or matter under discussion, a thesis, a particular theory, a position advanced or an argument to be maintained
* action, lawsuit
* (logic) the proposition to be proved in a syllogism
* any supposition or view, motion, idea, opinion
* (algebra) a primary division or the side of an equation in a primary division

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* पक्षवत् (pakṣávat)
* पक्षिन् (pakṣín, “winged; a bird”)

#### Related terms

* पक्षस् (pákṣas)

#### Descendants

* Pali: pakkha
** → Kannada: ಪಕ್ಕ (pakka, “side”)
** → Tamil: பக்கம் (pakkam)
** → Thai: ปักข์, ปักษ์ (bpàk)
* Prakrit: 𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀔 (pakkha), 𑀧𑀁𑀔 (paṃkha)
** Assamese: পখা (pokha), পাখা (pakha), পাখি (pakhi)
** Bengali: পাখা (pakha)
** Hindi: पंख (paṅkh), पंखा (paṅkhā), पांख (pāṅkh)
** Konkani: पाख (pākh)
** Marathi: पंख (paṅkha), पाख (pākh)
** Mewari: पंखो (paṅkho)
** Punjabi: ਪੱਖ (pakkha)
** Romani: phak
* → Hindi: पक्ष (pakṣ)
* → Kannada: ಪಕ್ಷ (pakṣa)
* → Marathi: पक्ष (pakṣa)
* → Malay: paksa
** Indonesian: paksa

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 62