See यक्ष in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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"dual",
"vocative"
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{
"form": "यक्षाणि",
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"vocative"
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"vocative"
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"accusative",
"singular"
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"accusative",
"dual"
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{
"form": "यक्षाणि",
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"accusative",
"plural"
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{
"form": "यक्षा1",
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"accusative",
"plural"
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"form": "यक्षेण",
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"singular"
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"form": "यक्षाभ्याम्",
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"dual",
"instrumental"
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"form": "यक्षैः",
"roman": "yakṣaíḥ",
"source": "declension",
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"instrumental",
"plural"
]
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{
"form": "यक्षेभिः1",
"roman": "yakṣébhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
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{
"form": "यक्षाय",
"roman": "yakṣā́ya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाभ्याम्",
"roman": "yakṣā́bhyām",
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"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
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{
"form": "यक्षेभ्यः",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
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{
"form": "यक्षात्",
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"ablative",
"singular"
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"form": "यक्षाभ्याम्",
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"ablative",
"dual"
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{
"form": "यक्षेभ्यः",
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"ablative",
"plural"
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{
"form": "यक्षस्य",
"roman": "yakṣásya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षयोः",
"roman": "yakṣáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
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"dual",
"genitive"
]
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{
"form": "यक्षाणाम्",
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"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षे",
"roman": "yakṣé",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षयोः",
"roman": "yakṣáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षेषु",
"roman": "yakṣéṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"g": "n",
"tr": "yakṣá"
},
"expansion": "यक्ष • (yakṣá) stem, n",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "yakṣá"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
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],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "sa",
"name": "Buddhism",
"orig": "sa:Buddhism",
"parents": [
"Religion",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "sa",
"name": "Hinduism",
"orig": "sa:Hinduism",
"parents": [
"India",
"Religion",
"Asia",
"Culture",
"Earth",
"Eurasia",
"Society",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "73 27",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "sa",
"name": "Hindu mythology",
"orig": "sa:Hindu mythology",
"parents": [
"Hinduism",
"Mythology",
"India",
"Religion",
"Culture",
"Asia",
"Society",
"Earth",
"Eurasia",
"All topics",
"Nature",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
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"derived": [
{
"english": "a female yaksha",
"roman": "yakṣi",
"word": "यक्षि"
},
{
"english": "a female yaksha",
"roman": "yakṣiṇī",
"word": "यक्षिणी"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda"
},
{
"text": "c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a yaksha; a supernatural being, spiritual apparition, spirit, ghost"
],
"id": "en-यक्ष-sa-noun-V-0Uz4Oe",
"links": [
[
"Hinduism",
"Hinduism"
],
[
"Buddhism",
"Buddhism"
],
[
"yaksha",
"yaksha"
],
[
"supernatural",
"supernatural"
],
[
"being",
"being"
],
[
"spiritual",
"spiritual"
],
[
"apparition",
"apparition"
],
[
"spirit",
"spirit"
],
[
"ghost",
"ghost"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Hinduism, Buddhism) a yaksha; a supernatural being, spiritual apparition, spirit, ghost"
],
"tags": [
"Hinduism"
],
"topics": [
"Buddhism",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jɐk.ʂɐ́/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐk.ʂɐ/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "यक्ष"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "夜叉",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "yècha"
},
"expansion": "→ Chinese: 夜叉 (yècha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Chinese: 夜叉 (yècha)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "夜叉",
"alt": "やしゃ",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "yasha"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: やしゃ (yasha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: やしゃ (yasha)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "야차",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 야차 (yacha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 야차 (yacha)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vi",
"2": "dạ-xoa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Vietnamese: dạ-xoa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Vietnamese: dạ-xoa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Dardic:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kls",
"2": "ǰ̣ač̣"
},
"expansion": "Kalasha: ǰ̣ač̣",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Kalasha: ǰ̣ač̣"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "yaksha",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: yaksha",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: yaksha"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ಯಕ್ಷ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kannada: ಯಕ್ಷ (yakṣa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kannada: ಯಕ್ಷ (yakṣa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pra-mah",
"2": "𑀚𑀓𑁆𑀔"
},
"expansion": "Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀓𑁆𑀔 (jakkha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀓𑁆𑀔 (jakkha)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mnc",
"2": "ᠶᠠᡴᠴᠠ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Manchu: ᠶᠠᡴᠴᠠ (yakca)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Manchu: ᠶᠠᡴᠴᠠ (yakca)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pra-pai",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Paisaci Prakrit:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Paisaci Prakrit:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਜੱਖ"
},
"expansion": "Punjabi: ਜੱਖ (jakkha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Punjabi: ਜੱਖ (jakkha)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"2": "yakkha"
},
"expansion": "Pali: yakkha",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Pali: yakkha"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pra-sau",
"2": "𑀚𑀓𑁆𑀔"
},
"expansion": "Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀓𑁆𑀔 (jakkha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀓𑁆𑀔 (jakkha)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-ogu",
"2": "जाख",
"tr": "jākha"
},
"expansion": "Old Gujarati: जाख (jākha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Gujarati: जाख (jākha)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-ohi",
"2": "जाक"
},
"expansion": "Old Hindi: जाक (jāka)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Hindi: जाक (jāka)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "khb",
"2": "ᦍᧅ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lü: ᦍᧅ (yak)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lü: ᦍᧅ (yak)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kaw",
"2": "yakṣa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Javanese: yakṣa\n> Javanese: ꦪꦏ꧀ꦱ (yaksa), ꦪꦼꦏ꧀ꦱ (yeksa) (inherited)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Javanese: yakṣa\n> Javanese: ꦪꦏ꧀ꦱ (yaksa), ꦪꦼꦏ꧀ꦱ (yeksa) (inherited)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "యక్షుడు",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Telugu: యక్షుడు (yakṣuḍu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Telugu: యక్షుడు (yakṣuḍu)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "ยักษ์",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Thai: ยักษ์ (yák)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Thai: ยักษ์ (yák)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "txb",
"2": "yākṣe",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tocharian B: yākṣe",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tocharian B: yākṣe"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "trk-pro",
"2": "*jAkšɨ",
"bor": "1",
"t": "good"
},
"expansion": "→ Proto-Turkic: *jAkšɨ (“good”)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "perhaps"
},
"expansion": "(perhaps)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "→ Proto-Turkic: *jAkšɨ (“good”) (perhaps)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "نشان",
"t": "sign, mark",
"tr": "nešân"
},
"expansion": "Persian نشان (nešân, “sign, mark”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the root यक्ष् (yakṣ, “to appear, show oneself”), related to Persian نشان (nešân, “sign, mark”); see there for more on the Indo-Iranian root.\nVarious other proposals have been suggested, such as an s-extension of यजति (yajati, “to worship; to sacrifice”), or a connection to याशु (yāśu, “sexual effusion, embrace”); these are phonetically and/or semantically unconvincing.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yakṣá",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षः",
"roman": "yakṣáḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षौ",
"roman": "yakṣaú",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षा1",
"roman": "yakṣā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाः",
"roman": "yakṣā́ḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षासः1",
"roman": "yakṣā́saḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्ष",
"roman": "yákṣa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षौ",
"roman": "yákṣau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षा1",
"roman": "yákṣā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाः",
"roman": "yákṣāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षासः1",
"roman": "yákṣāsaḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षम्",
"roman": "yakṣám",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षौ",
"roman": "yakṣaú",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षा1",
"roman": "yakṣā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षान्",
"roman": "yakṣā́n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षेण",
"roman": "yakṣéṇa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाभ्याम्",
"roman": "yakṣā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षैः",
"roman": "yakṣaíḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षेभिः1",
"roman": "yakṣébhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाय",
"roman": "yakṣā́ya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाभ्याम्",
"roman": "yakṣā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षेभ्यः",
"roman": "yakṣébhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षात्",
"roman": "yakṣā́t",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाभ्याम्",
"roman": "yakṣā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षेभ्यः",
"roman": "yakṣébhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षस्य",
"roman": "yakṣásya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षयोः",
"roman": "yakṣáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाणाम्",
"roman": "yakṣā́ṇām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षे",
"roman": "yakṣé",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षयोः",
"roman": "yakṣáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षेषु",
"roman": "yakṣéṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"tr": "yakṣá"
},
"expansion": "यक्ष • (yakṣá) stem, m",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yakṣá"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "18 82",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 95",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 81",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 87",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 90",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a class of semi-divine beings (attendants of Kubera, exceptionally also of Vishṇu; described as sons of Pulastya, of Pulaha, of Kaśyapa, of Khasā or Krodhā.)"
],
"id": "en-यक्ष-sa-noun-NphLdiJP"
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jɐk.ʂɐ́/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐk.ʂɐ/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "यक्ष"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
"Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"Sanskrit lemmas",
"Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"Sanskrit masculine nouns",
"Sanskrit neuter nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
"Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"sa:Hindu mythology"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "a female yaksha",
"roman": "yakṣi",
"word": "यक्षि"
},
{
"english": "a female yaksha",
"roman": "yakṣiṇī",
"word": "यक्षिणी"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "نشان",
"t": "sign, mark",
"tr": "nešân"
},
"expansion": "Persian نشان (nešân, “sign, mark”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the root यक्ष् (yakṣ, “to appear, show oneself”), related to Persian نشان (nešân, “sign, mark”); see there for more on the Indo-Iranian root.\nVarious other proposals have been suggested, such as an s-extension of यजति (yajati, “to worship; to sacrifice”), or a connection to याशु (yāśu, “sexual effusion, embrace”); these are phonetically and/or semantically unconvincing.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yakṣá",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षम्",
"roman": "yakṣám",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षे",
"roman": "yakṣé",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाणि",
"roman": "yakṣā́ṇi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षा1",
"roman": "yakṣā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्ष",
"roman": "yákṣa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षे",
"roman": "yákṣe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाणि",
"roman": "yákṣāṇi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षा1",
"roman": "yákṣā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षम्",
"roman": "yakṣám",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षे",
"roman": "yakṣé",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाणि",
"roman": "yakṣā́ṇi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षा1",
"roman": "yakṣā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षेण",
"roman": "yakṣéṇa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाभ्याम्",
"roman": "yakṣā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षैः",
"roman": "yakṣaíḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षेभिः1",
"roman": "yakṣébhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाय",
"roman": "yakṣā́ya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाभ्याम्",
"roman": "yakṣā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षेभ्यः",
"roman": "yakṣébhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षात्",
"roman": "yakṣā́t",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाभ्याम्",
"roman": "yakṣā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षेभ्यः",
"roman": "yakṣébhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षस्य",
"roman": "yakṣásya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षयोः",
"roman": "yakṣáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाणाम्",
"roman": "yakṣā́ṇām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षे",
"roman": "yakṣé",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षयोः",
"roman": "yakṣáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षेषु",
"roman": "yakṣéṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "n",
"tr": "yakṣá"
},
"expansion": "यक्ष • (yakṣá) stem, n",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yakṣá"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"sa:Buddhism",
"sa:Hinduism"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda"
},
{
"text": "c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a yaksha; a supernatural being, spiritual apparition, spirit, ghost"
],
"links": [
[
"Hinduism",
"Hinduism"
],
[
"Buddhism",
"Buddhism"
],
[
"yaksha",
"yaksha"
],
[
"supernatural",
"supernatural"
],
[
"being",
"being"
],
[
"spiritual",
"spiritual"
],
[
"apparition",
"apparition"
],
[
"spirit",
"spirit"
],
[
"ghost",
"ghost"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Hinduism, Buddhism) a yaksha; a supernatural being, spiritual apparition, spirit, ghost"
],
"tags": [
"Hinduism"
],
"topics": [
"Buddhism",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jɐk.ʂɐ́/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐk.ʂɐ/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "यक्ष"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
"Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"Sanskrit lemmas",
"Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"Sanskrit masculine nouns",
"Sanskrit neuter nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
"Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"sa:Hindu mythology"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "夜叉",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "yècha"
},
"expansion": "→ Chinese: 夜叉 (yècha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Chinese: 夜叉 (yècha)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "夜叉",
"alt": "やしゃ",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "yasha"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: やしゃ (yasha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: やしゃ (yasha)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "야차",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 야차 (yacha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 야차 (yacha)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vi",
"2": "dạ-xoa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Vietnamese: dạ-xoa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Vietnamese: dạ-xoa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Dardic:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kls",
"2": "ǰ̣ač̣"
},
"expansion": "Kalasha: ǰ̣ač̣",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Kalasha: ǰ̣ač̣"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "yaksha",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: yaksha",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: yaksha"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ಯಕ್ಷ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kannada: ಯಕ್ಷ (yakṣa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kannada: ಯಕ್ಷ (yakṣa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pra-mah",
"2": "𑀚𑀓𑁆𑀔"
},
"expansion": "Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀓𑁆𑀔 (jakkha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀓𑁆𑀔 (jakkha)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mnc",
"2": "ᠶᠠᡴᠴᠠ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Manchu: ᠶᠠᡴᠴᠠ (yakca)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Manchu: ᠶᠠᡴᠴᠠ (yakca)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pra-pai",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Paisaci Prakrit:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Paisaci Prakrit:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਜੱਖ"
},
"expansion": "Punjabi: ਜੱਖ (jakkha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Punjabi: ਜੱਖ (jakkha)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"2": "yakkha"
},
"expansion": "Pali: yakkha",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Pali: yakkha"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pra-sau",
"2": "𑀚𑀓𑁆𑀔"
},
"expansion": "Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀓𑁆𑀔 (jakkha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀓𑁆𑀔 (jakkha)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-ogu",
"2": "जाख",
"tr": "jākha"
},
"expansion": "Old Gujarati: जाख (jākha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Gujarati: जाख (jākha)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-ohi",
"2": "जाक"
},
"expansion": "Old Hindi: जाक (jāka)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Hindi: जाक (jāka)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "khb",
"2": "ᦍᧅ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lü: ᦍᧅ (yak)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lü: ᦍᧅ (yak)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kaw",
"2": "yakṣa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Javanese: yakṣa\n> Javanese: ꦪꦏ꧀ꦱ (yaksa), ꦪꦼꦏ꧀ꦱ (yeksa) (inherited)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Javanese: yakṣa\n> Javanese: ꦪꦏ꧀ꦱ (yaksa), ꦪꦼꦏ꧀ꦱ (yeksa) (inherited)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "యక్షుడు",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Telugu: యక్షుడు (yakṣuḍu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Telugu: యక్షుడు (yakṣuḍu)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "ยักษ์",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Thai: ยักษ์ (yák)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Thai: ยักษ์ (yák)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "txb",
"2": "yākṣe",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tocharian B: yākṣe",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tocharian B: yākṣe"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "trk-pro",
"2": "*jAkšɨ",
"bor": "1",
"t": "good"
},
"expansion": "→ Proto-Turkic: *jAkšɨ (“good”)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "perhaps"
},
"expansion": "(perhaps)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "→ Proto-Turkic: *jAkšɨ (“good”) (perhaps)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "نشان",
"t": "sign, mark",
"tr": "nešân"
},
"expansion": "Persian نشان (nešân, “sign, mark”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the root यक्ष् (yakṣ, “to appear, show oneself”), related to Persian نشان (nešân, “sign, mark”); see there for more on the Indo-Iranian root.\nVarious other proposals have been suggested, such as an s-extension of यजति (yajati, “to worship; to sacrifice”), or a connection to याशु (yāśu, “sexual effusion, embrace”); these are phonetically and/or semantically unconvincing.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yakṣá",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षः",
"roman": "yakṣáḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षौ",
"roman": "yakṣaú",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षा1",
"roman": "yakṣā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाः",
"roman": "yakṣā́ḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षासः1",
"roman": "yakṣā́saḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्ष",
"roman": "yákṣa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षौ",
"roman": "yákṣau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षा1",
"roman": "yákṣā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाः",
"roman": "yákṣāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षासः1",
"roman": "yákṣāsaḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षम्",
"roman": "yakṣám",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षौ",
"roman": "yakṣaú",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षा1",
"roman": "yakṣā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षान्",
"roman": "yakṣā́n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षेण",
"roman": "yakṣéṇa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाभ्याम्",
"roman": "yakṣā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षैः",
"roman": "yakṣaíḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षेभिः1",
"roman": "yakṣébhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाय",
"roman": "yakṣā́ya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाभ्याम्",
"roman": "yakṣā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षेभ्यः",
"roman": "yakṣébhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षात्",
"roman": "yakṣā́t",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाभ्याम्",
"roman": "yakṣā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षेभ्यः",
"roman": "yakṣébhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षस्य",
"roman": "yakṣásya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षयोः",
"roman": "yakṣáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षाणाम्",
"roman": "yakṣā́ṇām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षे",
"roman": "yakṣé",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षयोः",
"roman": "yakṣáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "यक्षेषु",
"roman": "yakṣéṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"tr": "yakṣá"
},
"expansion": "यक्ष • (yakṣá) stem, m",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yakṣá"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a class of semi-divine beings (attendants of Kubera, exceptionally also of Vishṇu; described as sons of Pulastya, of Pulaha, of Kaśyapa, of Khasā or Krodhā.)"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jɐk.ʂɐ́/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/jɐk.ʂɐ/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "यक्ष"
}
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