रक्ष्
Sanskrit
root
Definitions
- to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save, preserve
- to tend (cattle)
- to rule (the earth or a country)
- to keep (a secret)
- to spare, have regard to (another's feelings)
- to observe (a law, duty &c.)
- to guard against, ward off, keep away, prevent, frustrate, injure
- to heed, attend to
- to conceal, hide
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrakṣ- inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrakš- inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (defend, protect, ward off, close).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂lek-
Gloss
defend, protect, ward off, close
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gurkha English
- alexipyretic English
- ulciscor Latin
- alexipyrétique French
- Александр Russian
- Σιτάλκης Ancient Greek
- ἀλέξω Ancient Greek
- ἀλκή Ancient Greek
- ἄναλκις Ancient Greek
- Ἀλέξανδρος Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκίνοος Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκίφρων Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκαμένης Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκαῖος Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκμήνη Ancient Greek
- Ἄλκηστις Ancient Greek
- *h₂lek- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂lek-s- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂lek-s-, *h₂lek- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂lékseti Proto-Indo-European
- *algōną Proto-Germanic
- *alhs Proto-Germanic
- ealgian Old English
- गो Sanskrit
- रक्षण Sanskrit
- रक्षति Sanskrit
- रक्षा Sanskrit
- रक्षिका Sanskrit
- आत्मरक्षा Hindi
- गोरक्षा Hindi
- रक्षण Hindi
- रक्षा Hindi
- रक्षाबंधन Hindi
- لشکر Persian
- αλεξι- Greek (modern)
- երաշխիք Old Armenian
- 啹喀 Chinese
- rakkhati Pali
- rakkhaṇa Pali
- *Hrakš- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hrákšati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hrakṣ- Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *Hrákṣati Proto-Indo-Aryan
- lškl Middle Persian
- 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀤𑀺 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 Maharastri Prakrit
- राखण Konkani
- *aléksō Proto-Hellenic
- गोर्खा Nepali
- *raxši Parthian