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Alternative scripts

• ঋক্ষ (Assamese script)
• ᬋᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
• ঋক্ষ (Bengali script)
• 𑰆𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀋𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
• ၒက္ၑ (Burmese script)
• ઋક્ષ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌋𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
• ꦉꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂱𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
• ಋಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
• ឫក្ឞ (Khmer script)
• ຣິກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
• ഋക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᡳᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘆𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠢᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦦𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐆𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
• ଋକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
• ꢈꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆉𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
• 𑖆𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
• ඍක්‍ෂ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩙𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
• ரிக்ஷ (Tamil script)
• ఋక్ష (Telugu script)
• ฤกฺษ (Thai script)
• རྀ་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒇𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨉𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćšas (“bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). Cognate with Hittite 𒄯𒁖𒂵𒀸 (ḫartakkaš), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬴𐬀 (arṣ̌a), Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos), Latin ursus.

• (Vedic) IPA(key): /ŕ̩k.ʂɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ˈr̩k.ʂɐ/

ऋक्ष • (ṛ́kṣa) stem, m

1. a bear
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.56.3:
     मी॒ळ्हुष्म॑तीव पृथि॒वी परा॑हता॒ मद॑न्त्येत्य॒स्मदा।
     ऋक्षो॒ न वो॑ मरुतः॒ शिमी॑वाँ॒ अमो॑ दु॒ध्रो गौरि॑व भीम॒युः॥
     mīḷhúṣmatīva pṛthivī́ párāhatā mádantyetyasmádā́.
     ṛ́kṣo ná vo marutaḥ śímīvām̐ ámo dudhró gaúriva bhīmayúḥ.
     Earth, like a bounteous lady, liberal of her gifts, struck down and shaken, yet exultant, comes to us.
     Impetuous as a bear, O Maruts, is your rush terrible as a dreadful bull.
2. a species of ape
3. Oroxylum indicum (syn. Bignonia indica)

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: ič̣
  • Phalura: iṇc̣
  • Torwali: ایِݜ (īṣ)
• Prakrit: 𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙 (riccha), 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙 (accha), 𑀭𑀺𑀁𑀙 (riṃcha), 𑀭𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔 (rikkha)
  • Central Indo-Aryan:
    * Hindustani:
    Hindi: रीछ (rīch)
    Urdu: ریچھ (rech)
  • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
    * Pahari-Potwari: رِچّھ (ricch)
    * Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਰਿੱਛ (riccha)
    Shahmukhi script: رِچّھ (ricch)
    * Sindhi:
    Arabic script: رِڇُ (richu)
    Devanagari script: रिछु (richu)
  • Southern Indo-Aryan:
    * Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: रिहस (rihasa)
    Modi script: 𑘨𑘱𑘮𑘭 (rihasa)
    * Marathi: रीस (rīs)
  • Western Indo-Aryan:
    * Gujarati: રીંછ (rī̃ch)
    * ⇒ Romani: hirč
  • Garhwali: रिख (rikh)
• Bengali: ঋক্ষ (rikkho)
• Pali: accha
  • → Sanskrit: अच्छ (accha)
  • → Tamil: அச்சம் (accam)
• → Thai: ฤกษ์ (rə̂ək)

Unknown. Probably a hypercorrection of अच्छ (accha) (sense 1: not covered (by hair)).

• (Vedic) IPA(key): /r̩k.ʂɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ˈr̩k.ʂɐ/

ऋक्ष • (ṛkṣá) stem

1. bald, bare

Probably from the root ऋश् (√ṛś)

ऋक्ष • (ṛ́kṣa) stem

1. hurting, pernicious

ऋक्ष • (ṛ́kṣa) stem, m or n

1. star, constellation, lunar mansion

ऋक्ष • (ṛkṣa) stem, n

1. the twelfth part of the ecliptic
2. the particular star under which a person happens to be born

• → Thai: ฤกษ์ (rə̂ək)
• → Old Khmer: ṛkṣa (“lunar mansion”)
  • Khmer: ឫក្ស (rɨk)

ऋक्ष • (ṛkṣa) stem

1. cut, pierced

• “ऋ॑क्ष” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 96, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ऋक्ष”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 056
• Monier Williams (1899) “ऋक्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 224, column 3.
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 167