English
Lakshadweep
Lakshadweep comes from Sanskrit लक्षद्वीप ‘hundred thousand islands’.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEलक्षद्वीपlakṣadvīpa‘hundred thousand islands’
- EnglishtodayLakshadweep
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEलक्षद्वीपlakṣadvīpa‘hundred thousand islands’
- EnglishtodayLakshadweep
A compound of लक्ष ‘hundred thousand’ + द्वीप ‘island’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- ‘to protect’
Sanskrit रक्ष् ‘to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save, preserve’
Sanskrit लक्ष ‘hundred thousand’
Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwi-Hp-ás ‘island’
Sanskrit द्वीप ‘island’
Every English word from Sanskrit लक्षद्वीप
Today it means
name An archipelago and union territory of India in the Arabian Sea. Capital: Kavaratti.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit लक्षद्वीप / Lakshadweep