चम्पक
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চম্পক (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬫ᭄ᬧᬓ (Balinese script)
- চম্পক (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰦𑰿𑰢𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀧𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- စမ္ပက (Burmese script)
- ચમ્પક (Gujarati script)
- ਚਮ੍ਪਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌮𑍍𑌪𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦩ꧀ꦥꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂧𑂹𑂣𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಮ್ಪಕ (Kannada script)
- ចម្បក (Khmer script)
- ຈມ຺ປກ (Lao script)
- ചമ്പക (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠᠮᢒᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘦𑘿𑘢𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᠮᢒᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧆𑧠𑧂𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐩𑑂𑐥𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଚମ୍ପକ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢪ꣄ꢦꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆩𑇀𑆥𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖦𑖿𑖢𑖎 (Siddham script)
- චම්පක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩴 𑪙𑩰𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚢𑚶𑚞𑚊 (Takri script)
- சம்பக (Tamil script)
- చమ్పక (Telugu script)
- จมฺปก (Thai script)
- ཙ་མྤ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒧𑓂𑒣𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨢𑩇𑨞𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
A loanword, likely from Dravidian or Austroasiatic; compare Kannada ಸಮ್ಪಗೆ (sampage), Tamil சம்பகம் (campakam).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐm.pɐ.kɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐm.pɐ.kɐ/
Noun
चम्पक • (campaka) stem, m
- a tree bearing yellow, fragrant flowers (Magnolia champaca, formerly Michelia campaka); the champac tree
- a kind of perfume
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चम्पकः (campakaḥ) | चम्पकौ (campakau) चम्पका¹ (campakā¹) |
चम्पकाः (campakāḥ) चम्पकासः¹ (campakāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | चम्पकम् (campakam) | चम्पकौ (campakau) चम्पका¹ (campakā¹) |
चम्पकान् (campakān) |
| instrumental | चम्पकेन (campakena) | चम्पकाभ्याम् (campakābhyām) | चम्पकैः (campakaiḥ) चम्पकेभिः¹ (campakebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | चम्पकाय (campakāya) | चम्पकाभ्याम् (campakābhyām) | चम्पकेभ्यः (campakebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चम्पकात् (campakāt) | चम्पकाभ्याम् (campakābhyām) | चम्पकेभ्यः (campakebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चम्पकस्य (campakasya) | चम्पकयोः (campakayoḥ) | चम्पकानाम् (campakānām) |
| locative | चम्पके (campake) | चम्पकयोः (campakayoḥ) | चम्पकेषु (campakeṣu) |
| vocative | चम्पक (campaka) | चम्पकौ (campakau) चम्पका¹ (campakā¹) |
चम्पकाः (campakāḥ) चम्पकासः¹ (campakāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Noun
चम्पक • (campaka) stem, n
- the flower of the champac tree
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चम्पकम् (campakam) | चम्पके (campake) | चम्पकानि (campakāni) चम्पका¹ (campakā¹) |
| accusative | चम्पकम् (campakam) | चम्पके (campake) | चम्पकानि (campakāni) चम्पका¹ (campakā¹) |
| instrumental | चम्पकेन (campakena) | चम्पकाभ्याम् (campakābhyām) | चम्पकैः (campakaiḥ) चम्पकेभिः¹ (campakebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | चम्पकाय (campakāya) | चम्पकाभ्याम् (campakābhyām) | चम्पकेभ्यः (campakebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चम्पकात् (campakāt) | चम्पकाभ्याम् (campakābhyām) | चम्पकेभ्यः (campakebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चम्पकस्य (campakasya) | चम्पकयोः (campakayoḥ) | चम्पकानाम् (campakānām) |
| locative | चम्पके (campake) | चम्पकयोः (campakayoḥ) | चम्पकेषु (campakeṣu) |
| vocative | चम्पक (campaka) | चम्पके (campake) | चम्पकानि (campakāni) चम्पका¹ (campakā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Pali: campaka
- → Burmese: စံကား (camka:)
- → Chinese: 薝蔔 / 薝卜
- → English: champac
- → Malay: cempaka
- > Indonesian: cempaka (inherited)
- → Spanish: champaca
- → Tagalog: sampaga, tsampaka
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “campaka-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 181
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “चम्पक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 388/3.