क्षय

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्षय (kṣayá). Doublet of खै (khai).

Noun

क्षय (kṣay) m (Urdu spelling کشی) (literary)

  1. destruction
  2. decline, failure

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰayás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gžʰayás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (to perish, decline). Cognate with Ancient Greek φθῐ́σῐς (phthísis), Old English dwīnan (whence English dwindle).

Pronunciation

Noun

क्षय (kṣayá) m

  1. decay, corrosion
    Synonyms: भ्रंश (bhraṃśá), विलयन (vilayana)
  2. ruin, destruction
    Synonyms: नाश (nāśá), प्रलय (pralaya)
  3. diminution, decline, wasting away

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of क्षय (kṣayá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative क्षयः
kṣayáḥ
क्षयौ
kṣayaú
क्षयाः / क्षयासः¹
kṣayā́ḥ / kṣayā́saḥ¹
Vocative क्षय
kṣáya
क्षयौ
kṣáyau
क्षयाः / क्षयासः¹
kṣáyāḥ / kṣáyāsaḥ¹
Accusative क्षयम्
kṣayám
क्षयौ
kṣayaú
क्षयान्
kṣayā́n
Instrumental क्षयेण
kṣayéṇa
क्षयाभ्याम्
kṣayā́bhyām
क्षयैः / क्षयेभिः¹
kṣayaíḥ / kṣayébhiḥ¹
Dative क्षयाय
kṣayā́ya
क्षयाभ्याम्
kṣayā́bhyām
क्षयेभ्यः
kṣayébhyaḥ
Ablative क्षयात्
kṣayā́t
क्षयाभ्याम्
kṣayā́bhyām
क्षयेभ्यः
kṣayébhyaḥ
Genitive क्षयस्य
kṣayásya
क्षययोः
kṣayáyoḥ
क्षयाणाम्
kṣayā́ṇām
Locative क्षये
kṣayé
क्षययोः
kṣayáyoḥ
क्षयेषु
kṣayéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Descendants

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