तर्क
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit तर्क (tarka).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪əɾk/, [t̪ɐɾk]
Noun
तर्क • (tark) m
- an argument, reasoning
- Antonym: वितर्क (vitark)
- logic
- उसके सोच में कोई तर्क है ही नहीं।
- uske soc mẽ koī tark hai hī nahī̃.
- There is no logic in his thoughts.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | तर्क tark |
तर्क tark |
| oblique | तर्क tark |
तर्कों tarkõ |
| vocative | तर्क tark |
तर्को tarko |
Derived terms
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तर्क”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- তৰ্ক (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬃᬓ (Balinese script)
- তর্ক (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰨𑰿𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀭𑁆𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- တရ်္က (Burmese script)
- તર્ક (Gujarati script)
- ਤਰ੍ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌰𑍍𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦂꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂩𑂹𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ತರ್ಕ (Kannada script)
- តក៌ (Khmer script)
- ຕຣ຺ກ (Lao script)
- തര്ക (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠠᡵᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘨𑘿𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᠷᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑧈𑧠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐬𑑂𑐎 (Newa script)
- ତର୍କ (Odia script)
- ꢡꢬ꣄ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆫𑇀𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖨𑖿𑖎 (Siddham script)
- තර්ක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩼 𑪙𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚤𑚶𑚊 (Takri script)
- தர்க (Tamil script)
- తర్క (Telugu script)
- ตรฺก (Thai script)
- ཏ་རྐ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒩𑓂𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨫𑩇𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”). Cognate with Latin torqueō (“to twist”), Hittite 𒋻𒌑𒍣 (tarúzi), Old Church Slavonic тракъ (trakŭ), Tocharian B tärk-, and possibly Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō). Related to तर्कु (tarku, “spindle”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /tɐɾ.kɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t̪ɐɾ.kɐ/
Noun
तर्क • (tarká) stem, m
- conjecture
- reasoning, speculation, inquiry
- doubt
- system or doctrine founded on speculation or reasoning, philosophical system (especially the Nyāya system, but applicable also to any of the six Darśana)
- logic, confutation (especially that kind of argument which consists in reduction to absurdity)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | तर्कः (tarkáḥ) | तर्कौ (tarkaú) तर्का¹ (tarkā́¹) |
तर्काः (tarkā́ḥ) तर्कासः¹ (tarkā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | तर्कम् (tarkám) | तर्कौ (tarkaú) तर्का¹ (tarkā́¹) |
तर्कान् (tarkā́n) |
| instrumental | तर्केण (tarkéṇa) | तर्काभ्याम् (tarkā́bhyām) | तर्कैः (tarkaíḥ) तर्केभिः¹ (tarkébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | तर्काय (tarkā́ya) | तर्काभ्याम् (tarkā́bhyām) | तर्केभ्यः (tarkébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | तर्कात् (tarkā́t) | तर्काभ्याम् (tarkā́bhyām) | तर्केभ्यः (tarkébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | तर्कस्य (tarkásya) | तर्कयोः (tarkáyoḥ) | तर्काणाम् (tarkā́ṇām) |
| locative | तर्के (tarké) | तर्कयोः (tarkáyoḥ) | तर्केषु (tarkéṣu) |
| vocative | तर्क (tárka) | तर्कौ (tárkau) तर्का¹ (tárkā¹) |
तर्काः (tárkāḥ) तर्कासः¹ (tárkāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- तर्कयति (tarkayati)
Related terms
- अतर्क (a-tarka)
- कुतर्क (ku-tarka)
- दुस्तर्क (dus-tarka)
- रूपतर्क (rūpa-tarka)
Descendants
See also
- न्यायम् (nyāyam)
Noun
तर्क • (tarká) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | तर्कम् (tarkám) | तर्के (tarké) | तर्काणि (tarkā́ṇi) तर्का¹ (tarkā́¹) |
| accusative | तर्कम् (tarkám) | तर्के (tarké) | तर्काणि (tarkā́ṇi) तर्का¹ (tarkā́¹) |
| instrumental | तर्केण (tarkéṇa) | तर्काभ्याम् (tarkā́bhyām) | तर्कैः (tarkaíḥ) तर्केभिः¹ (tarkébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | तर्काय (tarkā́ya) | तर्काभ्याम् (tarkā́bhyām) | तर्केभ्यः (tarkébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | तर्कात् (tarkā́t) | तर्काभ्याम् (tarkā́bhyām) | तर्केभ्यः (tarkébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | तर्कस्य (tarkásya) | तर्कयोः (tarkáyoḥ) | तर्काणाम् (tarkā́ṇām) |
| locative | तर्के (tarké) | तर्कयोः (tarkáyoḥ) | तर्केषु (tarkéṣu) |
| vocative | तर्क (tárka) | तर्के (tárke) | तर्काणि (tárkāṇi) तर्का¹ (tárkā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “तर्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 439.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “TARK”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 633