चोलक
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- चोड (coḍa), चोडक (coḍaka)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চোলক (Assamese script)
- ᬘᭀᬮᬓ (Balinese script)
- চোলক (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰺𑰩𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑁄𑀮𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- စောလက (Burmese script)
- ચોલક (Gujarati script)
- ਚੋਲਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑍋𑌲𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦺꦴꦭꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂷𑂪𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಚೋಲಕ (Kannada script)
- ចោលក (Khmer script)
- ໂຈລກ (Lao script)
- ചോലക (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠣᠯᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘻𑘩𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠣᠸᠠᠯᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧜𑧉𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑑀𑐮𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଚୋଲକ (Odia script)
- ꢗꣂꢭꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆾𑆬𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖺𑖩𑖎 (Siddham script)
- චොලක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩕𑩽𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚴𑚥𑚊 (Takri script)
- சோலக (Tamil script)
- చోలక (Telugu script)
- โจลก (Thai script)
- ཙོ་ལ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒼𑒪𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨆𑨬𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Probably borrowed from the Dravidian word for "bark (of a tree)"; compare Tamil சொலி (coli, “bark of a tree; the inner fibrous covering of bamboo”), Malayalam തൊലി (toli, “skin, peel, bark”). However, the discrepancy between the "l" and the "ḍ" between the Dravidian and Indo-Aryan forms is difficult to explain.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐw.lɐ.kɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕoː.l̪ɐ.kɐ/
Noun
चोलक • (colaka) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चोलकः (colakaḥ) | चोलकौ (colakau) चोलका¹ (colakā¹) |
चोलकाः (colakāḥ) चोलकासः¹ (colakāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | चोलकम् (colakam) | चोलकौ (colakau) चोलका¹ (colakā¹) |
चोलकान् (colakān) |
| instrumental | चोलकेन (colakena) | चोलकाभ्याम् (colakābhyām) | चोलकैः (colakaiḥ) चोलकेभिः¹ (colakebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | चोलकाय (colakāya) | चोलकाभ्याम् (colakābhyām) | चोलकेभ्यः (colakebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चोलकात् (colakāt) | चोलकाभ्याम् (colakābhyām) | चोलकेभ्यः (colakebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चोलकस्य (colakasya) | चोलकयोः (colakayoḥ) | चोलकानाम् (colakānām) |
| locative | चोलके (colake) | चोलकयोः (colakayoḥ) | चोलकेषु (colakeṣu) |
| vocative | चोलक (colaka) | चोलकौ (colakau) चोलका¹ (colakā¹) |
चोलकाः (colakāḥ) चोलकासः¹ (colakāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Noun
चोलक • (colaka) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चोलकम् (colakam) | चोलके (colake) | चोलकानि (colakāni) चोलका¹ (colakā¹) |
| accusative | चोलकम् (colakam) | चोलके (colake) | चोलकानि (colakāni) चोलका¹ (colakā¹) |
| instrumental | चोलकेन (colakena) | चोलकाभ्याम् (colakābhyām) | चोलकैः (colakaiḥ) चोलकेभिः¹ (colakebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | चोलकाय (colakāya) | चोलकाभ्याम् (colakābhyām) | चोलकेभ्यः (colakebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चोलकात् (colakāt) | चोलकाभ्याम् (colakābhyām) | चोलकेभ्यः (colakebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चोलकस्य (colakasya) | चोलकयोः (colakayoḥ) | चोलकानाम् (colakānām) |
| locative | चोलके (colake) | चोलकयोः (colakayoḥ) | चोलकेषु (colakeṣu) |
| vocative | चोलक (colaka) | चोलके (colake) | चोलकानि (colakāni) चोलका¹ (colakā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “चोलक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 403/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 198; 199
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 400