एरका
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- এৰকা (Assamese script)
- ᬏᬭᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
- এরকা (Bengali script)
- 𑰊𑰨𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀏𑀭𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဧရကာ (Burmese script)
- એરકા (Gujarati script)
- ਏਰਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌏𑌰𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦌꦫꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂉𑂩𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಏರಕಾ (Kannada script)
- ឯរកា (Khmer script)
- ເອຣກາ (Lao script)
- ഏരകാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡝᡵᠠᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘊𑘨𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠧᠷᠠᢉᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦪𑧈𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐊𑐬𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଏରକା (Odia script)
- ꢍꢬꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆍𑆫𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖊𑖨𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
- එරකා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩔𑩼𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚆𑚤𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஏரகா (Tamil script)
- ఏరకా (Telugu script)
- เอรกา (Thai script)
- ཨེ་ར་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒋𑒩𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨄𑨫𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyr- (“grass; weed”) and cognate with Ancient Greek αἶρα (aîra).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐj.ɾɐ.kɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /eː.ɾɐ.kɑː/
Noun
एरका • (erakā) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | एरका (erakā) | एरके (erake) | एरकाः (erakāḥ) |
| accusative | एरकाम् (erakām) | एरके (erake) | एरकाः (erakāḥ) |
| instrumental | एरकया (erakayā) एरका¹ (erakā¹) |
एरकाभ्याम् (erakābhyām) | एरकाभिः (erakābhiḥ) |
| dative | एरकायै (erakāyai) | एरकाभ्याम् (erakābhyām) | एरकाभ्यः (erakābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | एरकायाः (erakāyāḥ) एरकायै² (erakāyai²) |
एरकाभ्याम् (erakābhyām) | एरकाभ्यः (erakābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | एरकायाः (erakāyāḥ) एरकायै² (erakāyai²) |
एरकयोः (erakayoḥ) | एरकाणाम् (erakāṇām) |
| locative | एरकायाम् (erakāyām) | एरकयोः (erakayoḥ) | एरकासु (erakāsu) |
| vocative | एरके (erake) | एरके (erake) | एरकाः (erakāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 269