Taxila

Translingual

A Taxila species

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Taxila m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Riodinidae – certain metalmarks.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Ditrysia - suborder; Rhopalocera - infraorder; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Riodinidae - family; Nemeobiinae - subfamily; Nemeobiini - tribe; Abisarina - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Taxila dora, Taxila haquinus (species)

References

• Taxila on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Taxila on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Taxila (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā) through Ancient Greek Τάξιλα (Táxila).

Proper noun

Taxila

1. (historical) An ancient city in what is now northern Pakistan, situated at the junction of three major ancient trade routes and possibly dating from before the 8th century BCE.
2. A modern town and archaeological site at that location.
3. A tehsil (sub-division), headquartered in the town, of the Rawalpindi District of Punjab province, Pakistan.

Translations

Translations

• Gandhari: 𐨟𐨐𐨿‫𐨮𐨭𐨁𐨫 f (tak‫ṣaśila)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Τάξιλα (Táxila)

• Gujarati: તક્ષશિલા f (takṣaśilā)
• Hindi: तक्षशिला (hi) f (takṣaśilā), तकसिला f (taksilā), तक्सिला f (taksilā)
• Latin: Taxila
• Maithili: तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)
• Marathi: तक्षशिला f (takṣaśilā)
• Nepali: तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā)
• Odia: ତକ୍ଷଶିଳା (or) (tôkṣôśiḷa)
• Pali: Takkasilā
• Urdu: ٹیکسلا m (ṭaiksilā)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τάξιλα (Táxila), itself from Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtak.si.la/, [ˈt̪äks̠ɪɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtak.si.la/, [ˈt̪äksilä]

Proper noun

Taxila f sg (genitive Taxilae); first declension

1. An ancient city in India, situated between the rivers Indus and Hydaspes

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Taxila
Genitive	Taxilae
Dative	Taxilae
Accusative	Taxilam
Ablative	Taxilā
Vocative	Taxila
Locative	Taxilae

References

• Taxilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Taxila”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly