तावत्क

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

तावतिक (tāvatika)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

তাৱত্ক (Assamese script)
ᬢᬵᬯᬢ᭄ᬓ (Balinese script)
তাবত্ক (Bengali script)
𑰝𑰯𑰪𑰝𑰿𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀢𑀸𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀓 (Brahmi script)
တာဝတ္က (Burmese script)
તાવત્ક (Gujarati script)
ਤਾਵਤ੍ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌕 (Grantha script)
ꦠꦴꦮꦠ꧀ꦏ (Javanese script)
𑂞𑂰𑂫𑂞𑂹𑂍 (Kaithi script)
ತಾವತ್ಕ (Kannada script)
តាវត្ក (Khmer script)
ຕາວຕ຺ກ (Lao script)
താവത്ക (Malayalam script)
ᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠠᢠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘝𑘰𑘪𑘝𑘿𑘎 (Modi script)
ᢐᠠᢗᠸᠠᢐᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦽𑧑𑧊𑦽𑧠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
𑐟𑐵𑐰𑐟𑑂𑐎 (Newa script)
ତାଵତ୍କ (Odia script)
ꢡꢵꢮꢡ꣄ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
𑆠𑆳𑆮𑆠𑇀𑆑 (Sharada script)
𑖝𑖯𑖪𑖝𑖿𑖎 (Siddham script)
තාවත‍්ක (Sinhalese script)
𑩫𑩛𑩾𑩫 𑪙𑩜 (Soyombo script)
𑚙𑚭𑚦𑚙𑚶𑚊 (Takri script)
தாவத்க (Tamil script)
తావత్క (Telugu script)
ตาวตฺก (Thai script)
ཏཱ་ཝ་ཏྐ (Tibetan script)
𑒞𑒰𑒫𑒞𑓂𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
𑨙𑨊𑨭𑨙𑩇𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From तावत् (tāvat) +‎ -क (-ka).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɑ́ː.ʋɐt.kɐ/, [tɑ́ː.ʋɐt̚.kɐ]
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.ʋɐt̪.kɐ/, [t̪ɑː.ʋɐt̪̚.kɐ]

Adverb

तावत्क • (tā́vatka)

bought for so much, worth so much

Descendants

Ashokan Prakrit:
- Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀢𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*tavakka), *𑀢𑀸𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*tāvakka)
  - Hindustani:
    Hindi: तक (tak)
    
    Urdu: تک (tak)
→ Kannada: ತನಕ (tanaka) (semi-learned)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “तावत्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 445/3.
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “तावत्क”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan