लोक्

Sanskrit

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”) in the sense of "illuminating" via the eyes (c.f. related word रुच् (ruc) "to shine, illuminate")

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /l̪ɐwk/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /l̪oːk/

Root

लोक् • (lok)

to see
to behold

Synonyms

ईक्ष् (īkṣ), पश् (paś)

Related terms

रुच् (ruc, “to shine”)

References

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 906

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