क्षुल्लक

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्षुल्लक (kṣullaká). Compare Gujarati ક્ષુલ્લક (kṣullak), Kannada ಕ್ಷುಲ್ಲಕ (kṣullaka).

• IPA^(key): /kʂul.lək/

क्षुल्लक • (kṣullak)

1. trivial, insignificant

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “क्षुल्लक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “क्षुल्लक”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “क्षुल्लक”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)

A late Vedic corruption of an earlier क्षुद्रक (kṣudraka) which is the diminutive of क्षुद्र (kṣudrá); see there for more.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂul.lɐ.kɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʂul̪.l̪ɐ.kɐ/

क्षुल्लक • (kṣullaká) stem

1. small, little
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 2.32.5:

     अथो ये क्षुल्लका इव सर्वे ते क्रिमयो हताः ॥

     atho ye kṣullakā iva sarve te krimayo hatāḥ.

     Yes, those worms that seemed very tiny, have all been put to death.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.4.6:

     ...नमो॑ म॒हद्भ्यः॑ क्षुल्ल॒केभ्य॑श् च वो॒ नमो॒...

     ...námo mahádbhyaḥ kṣullakébhyaś ca vo námo...

     Homage to you that are great, and to you that are small, homage!

   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa

• Prakrit: 𑀔𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀕 (khullaga) 𑀔𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀬 (khullaya)
• → Gujarati: ક્ષુલ્લક (kṣullak)
• → Kannada: ಕ್ಷುಲ್ಲಕ (kṣullaka)
• → Marathi: क्षुल्लक (kṣullak)