खडक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Turner connects the word with खद् (khad, to be steady, be hard).

Pronunciation

Noun

खडक • (khaḍaka) stemn

  1. a bolt or pin

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of खडक
singular dual plural
nominative खडकम् (khaḍakam) खडके (khaḍake) खडकानि (khaḍakāni)
खडका¹ (khaḍakā¹)
accusative खडकम् (khaḍakam) खडके (khaḍake) खडकानि (khaḍakāni)
खडका¹ (khaḍakā¹)
instrumental खडकेन (khaḍakena) खडकाभ्याम् (khaḍakābhyām) खडकैः (khaḍakaiḥ)
खडकेभिः¹ (khaḍakebhiḥ¹)
dative खडकाय (khaḍakāya) खडकाभ्याम् (khaḍakābhyām) खडकेभ्यः (khaḍakebhyaḥ)
ablative खडकात् (khaḍakāt) खडकाभ्याम् (khaḍakābhyām) खडकेभ्यः (khaḍakebhyaḥ)
genitive खडकस्य (khaḍakasya) खडकयोः (khaḍakayoḥ) खडकानाम् (khaḍakānām)
locative खडके (khaḍake) खडकयोः (khaḍakayoḥ) खडकेषु (khaḍakeṣu)
vocative खडक (khaḍaka) खडके (khaḍake) खडकानि (khaḍakāni)
खडका¹ (khaḍakā¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Central:
    • Hindustani: khaṛā
  • Eastern:
  • Northern:
    • Bhadrawahi: खड़ो (khaṛo)
    • Pangwali: खड़ा (khaṛā)
  • Northwestern:
    • Punjabi: khaṛā
      Gurmukhi script: ਖੜਾ
      Shahmukhi script: کھَڑا
    • Sindhi: khaṛo
      Arabic script: کَڙو
      Devanagari script: खड़ो
  • Southern:
    • Marathi: खडा (khaḍā)
  • Western:
    • Gujarati: ખડું (khaḍũ)
    • Marwari: खड़ो (khaṛo)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “खडक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 335/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 443
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khaḍaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press