जलशर्करा
Sanskrit
FWOTD – 8 September 2022
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- জলশৰ্কৰা (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬮᬰᬃᬓᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
- জলশর্করা (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰩𑰫𑰨𑰿𑰎𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀮𑀰𑀭𑁆𑀓𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဇလၐရ်္ကရာ (Burmese script)
- જલશર્કરા (Gujarati script)
- ਜਲਸ਼ਰ੍ਕਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌲𑌶𑌰𑍍𑌕𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦭꦯꦂꦏꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂪𑂬𑂩𑂹𑂍𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಜಲಶರ್ಕರಾ (Kannada script)
- ជលឝក៌រា (Khmer script)
- ຊລຨຣ຺ກຣາ (Lao script)
- ജലശര്കരാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠠᠯᠠᡧᠠᡵᡬᠠᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘩𑘫𑘨𑘿𑘎𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠᠷᢉᠠᠷᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧉𑧋𑧈𑧠𑦮𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐮𑐱𑐬𑑂𑐎𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଜଲଶର୍କରା (Odia script)
- ꢙꢭꢯꢬ꣄ꢒꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆬𑆯𑆫𑇀𑆑𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖩𑖫𑖨𑖿𑖎𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ජලශර්කරා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩽𑩿𑩼 𑪙𑩜𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚥𑚧𑚤𑚶𑚊𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஜலஶர்கரா (Tamil script)
- జలశర్కరా (Telugu script)
- ชลศรฺกรา (Thai script)
- ཛ་ལ་ཤ་རྐ་རཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒪𑒬𑒩𑓂𑒏𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨬𑨮𑨫𑩇𑨋𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Tatpuruṣa compound of जल (jala, “water”) + शर्करा (śarkarā, “grit, gravel”), literally “water-gravel”.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ.l̪ɐ.ɕɐɾ.kɐ.ɾɑː/
Noun
जलशर्करा • (jalaśarkarā) stem, f (Classical Sanskrit)
- hail, hailstone
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.25.9:
- विद्योतमाना विद्युद्भिः स्तनन्तः स्तनयित्नुभिः ।
तीव्रैर्मरुद्गणैर्नुन्ना ववृषुर्जलशर्कराः ॥- vidyotamānā vidyudbhiḥ stanantaḥ stanayitnubhiḥ.
tīvrairmarudgaṇairnunnā vavṛṣurjalaśarkarāḥ. - Propelled by the fearsome wind-gods, the clouds blazed with lightning bolts and roared with thunder as they hurled down hailstones.
- vidyotamānā vidyudbhiḥ stanantaḥ stanayitnubhiḥ.
- विद्योतमाना विद्युद्भिः स्तनन्तः स्तनयित्नुभिः ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | जलशर्करा (jalaśarkarā) | जलशर्करे (jalaśarkare) | जलशर्कराः (jalaśarkarāḥ) |
| accusative | जलशर्कराम् (jalaśarkarām) | जलशर्करे (jalaśarkare) | जलशर्कराः (jalaśarkarāḥ) |
| instrumental | जलशर्करया (jalaśarkarayā) | जलशर्कराभ्याम् (jalaśarkarābhyām) | जलशर्कराभिः (jalaśarkarābhiḥ) |
| dative | जलशर्करायै (jalaśarkarāyai) | जलशर्कराभ्याम् (jalaśarkarābhyām) | जलशर्कराभ्यः (jalaśarkarābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | जलशर्करायाः (jalaśarkarāyāḥ) | जलशर्कराभ्याम् (jalaśarkarābhyām) | जलशर्कराभ्यः (jalaśarkarābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | जलशर्करायाः (jalaśarkarāyāḥ) | जलशर्करयोः (jalaśarkarayoḥ) | जलशर्कराणाम् (jalaśarkarāṇām) |
| locative | जलशर्करायाम् (jalaśarkarāyām) | जलशर्करयोः (jalaśarkarayoḥ) | जलशर्करासु (jalaśarkarāsu) |
| vocative | जलशर्करे (jalaśarkare) | जलशर्करे (jalaśarkare) | जलशर्कराः (jalaśarkarāḥ) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “जलशर्करा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 415, column 3.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “जलशर्करा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 731