Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ksayati ‎(“he rules, he has power over”), from Proto-Indo-European *tke- ‎(“to gain power over, gain control over”); akin to Sanskrit क्षत्र ‎(kṣatrá, “might, power”), Avestan [script needed] ‎(xšaθra, “kingdom”), Old Armenian loanword աշխարհ ‎(ašxarh) and Ancient Greek κτάομαι ‎(ktáomai, “to get, acquire”).^[1]