टङ्कन
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- টঙ্কন (Assamese script)
- ᬝᬗ᭄ᬓᬦ (Balinese script)
- টঙ্কন (Bengali script)
- 𑰘𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀝𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ဋင်္ကန (Burmese script)
- ટઙ્કન (Gujarati script)
- ਟਙ੍ਕਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌟𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦛꦔ꧀ꦏꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂗𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಟಙ್ಕನ (Kannada script)
- ដង្កន (Khmer script)
- ຏງ຺ກນ (Lao script)
- ടങ്കന (Malayalam script)
- ᢞᠠᢛᡬᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘘𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᢌᠠᢊᢉᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦸𑦲𑧠𑦮𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐚𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଟଙ୍କନ (Odia script)
- ꢜꢖ꣄ꢒꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆛𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖘𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ටඞ්කන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩦𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚔𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚝 (Takri script)
- டங்கந (Tamil script)
- టఙ్కన (Telugu script)
- ฏงฺกน (Thai script)
- ཊ་ངྐ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒙𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨔𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Probably a Kulturwort from a western language. The presence of a "borax" meaning on the phonetically similar रङ्ग (raṅga, “color, paint”) suggests "a source language that was neither Dravidian nor (probably) Munda". Related to टगर (ṭagara, “borax”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʈɐŋ.kɐ.nɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʈɐŋ.kɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
टङ्कन • (ṭaṅkana) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | टङ्कनः (ṭaṅkanaḥ) | टङ्कनौ (ṭaṅkanau) टङ्कना¹ (ṭaṅkanā¹) |
टङ्कनाः (ṭaṅkanāḥ) टङ्कनासः¹ (ṭaṅkanāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | टङ्कनम् (ṭaṅkanam) | टङ्कनौ (ṭaṅkanau) टङ्कना¹ (ṭaṅkanā¹) |
टङ्कनान् (ṭaṅkanān) |
| instrumental | टङ्कनेन (ṭaṅkanena) | टङ्कनाभ्याम् (ṭaṅkanābhyām) | टङ्कनैः (ṭaṅkanaiḥ) टङ्कनेभिः¹ (ṭaṅkanebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | टङ्कनाय (ṭaṅkanāya) | टङ्कनाभ्याम् (ṭaṅkanābhyām) | टङ्कनेभ्यः (ṭaṅkanebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | टङ्कनात् (ṭaṅkanāt) | टङ्कनाभ्याम् (ṭaṅkanābhyām) | टङ्कनेभ्यः (ṭaṅkanebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | टङ्कनस्य (ṭaṅkanasya) | टङ्कनयोः (ṭaṅkanayoḥ) | टङ्कनानाम् (ṭaṅkanānām) |
| locative | टङ्कने (ṭaṅkane) | टङ्कनयोः (ṭaṅkanayoḥ) | टङ्कनेषु (ṭaṅkaneṣu) |
| vocative | टङ्कन (ṭaṅkana) | टङ्कनौ (ṭaṅkanau) टङ्कना¹ (ṭaṅkanā¹) |
टङ्कनाः (ṭaṅkanāḥ) टङ्कनासः¹ (ṭaṅkanāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “टङ्कन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 429/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 220-1