ar > ra > la > lakṣá in other East Indo-European Languages (29)
Turner’s A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages says Sanskrit word lākṣā́ means “a particular plant, lac, and red dye.” He also provides a list of cognates for lākṣā́ found in other East Indo-European languages:
Prakrit lakkhā-; Khowār ločhik; Shina lac̣ā; Kashmiri lāch; Sindhī lākha; Panjābī lakh; Bhojpurī lakh; Hindī lakh; Gujarātī and Marāṭhī lakh; Koṅkaṇī lāka; Pali lākhā; Assamese lā; Bengali lāhā, lā; Oṛiyā lāhā and nāhā; Bihārī and Maithilī lāh; Sinhalese lā.
All these cognates and the following words related to lākṣā́ originate from Tamil ar.
lakṣ, mark, aim at. lakṣá, stake, prize; mark, sign; 100,000; aim. lakṣya-, aim; prize;100,000 (√lakṣ). lakṣaṇá, line; mark; aim (√lakṣ). sulakṣaṇa, having auspicious marks, fortunate. lakṣati, recognizes. lakṣatē, perceives. lakṣáyati, regards; marks, distinguishes. lakṣita, marked. lakṣin, having good marks. *lakṣēśvara, owner of a lakh of rupees. lakṣmaka, *fortunate. lákṣman, mark. lakṣmī́, good sign, fortune; bad sign, misfortune. lakṣyatē, is seen, seems. alakṣaṇá, “having no marks; unfortunate; inauspicious sign. alakṣmī, ill fortune; causing misfortune. alakṣya, invisible. upalakṣa, to distinguish. upalakṣaṇa, designation. upalakṣayati, beholds; regards; characterizes. vilakṣayati, observes; is embarrassed. saṁlakṣaṇa, act of distinctly marking. saṁlakṣayati, observes. *lākṣakara, lac-worker. lākṣiká, dyed with lac. *lākṣaka, red. *nirlākṣa, without lac.