तिन्दुक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

তিন্দুক (Assamese script)
ᬢᬶᬦ᭄ᬤᬸᬓ (Balinese script)
তিন্দুক (Bengali script)
𑰝𑰰𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰲𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀢𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀤𑀼𑀓 (Brahmi script)
တိန္ဒုက (Burmese script)
તિન્દુક (Gujarati script)
ਤਿਨ੍ਦੁਕ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌤𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍁𑌕 (Grantha script)
ꦠꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦸꦏ (Javanese script)
𑂞𑂱𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂳𑂍 (Kaithi script)
ತಿನ್ದುಕ (Kannada script)
តិន្ទុក (Khmer script)
ຕິນ຺ທຸກ (Lao script)
തിന്ദുക (Malayalam script)
ᢠᡳᠨᡩᡠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘝𑘱𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘳𑘎 (Modi script)
ᢐᠢᠨᢑᠤᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦽𑧒𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧔𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
𑐟𑐶𑐣𑑂𑐡𑐸𑐎 (Newa script)
ତିନ୍ଦୁକ (Odia script)
ꢡꢶꢥ꣄ꢣꢸꢒ (Saurashtra script)
𑆠𑆴𑆤𑇀𑆢𑆶𑆑 (Sharada script)
𑖝𑖰𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖲𑖎 (Siddham script)
තින්‍දුක (Sinhalese script)
𑩫𑩑𑩯 𑪙𑩭𑩒𑩜 (Soyombo script)
𑚙𑚮𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚰𑚊 (Takri script)
திந்து³க (Tamil script)
తిన్దుక (Telugu script)
ตินฺทุก (Thai script)
ཏི་ནྡུ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
𑒞𑒱𑒢𑓂𑒠𑒳𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
𑨙𑨁𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨃𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from a substrate, perhaps from the same source as केन्दु (kendu, “a kind of ebony”), तुम्बर (tumbara), तुम्बुरु (tumburu, “coriander; fruit of Diospyros embryopteris”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /tin.du.kɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪in̪.d̪u.kɐ/

Noun

तिन्दुक • (tinduka) stem, m

Diospyros embropteris, a species of persimmon and its fruit (yielding a kind of resin used as pitch for caulking vessels, etc.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of तिन्दुक
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	तिन्दुकः (tindukaḥ)	तिन्दुकौ (tindukau) तिन्दुका¹ (tindukā¹)	तिन्दुकाः (tindukāḥ) तिन्दुकासः¹ (tindukāsaḥ¹)
accusative	तिन्दुकम् (tindukam)	तिन्दुकौ (tindukau) तिन्दुका¹ (tindukā¹)	तिन्दुकान् (tindukān)
instrumental	तिन्दुकेन (tindukena)	तिन्दुकाभ्याम् (tindukābhyām)	तिन्दुकैः (tindukaiḥ) तिन्दुकेभिः¹ (tindukebhiḥ¹)
dative	तिन्दुकाय (tindukāya)	तिन्दुकाभ्याम् (tindukābhyām)	तिन्दुकेभ्यः (tindukebhyaḥ)
ablative	तिन्दुकात् (tindukāt)	तिन्दुकाभ्याम् (tindukābhyām)	तिन्दुकेभ्यः (tindukebhyaḥ)
genitive	तिन्दुकस्य (tindukasya)	तिन्दुकयोः (tindukayoḥ)	तिन्दुकानाम् (tindukānām)
locative	तिन्दुके (tinduke)	तिन्दुकयोः (tindukayoḥ)	तिन्दुकेषु (tindukeṣu)
vocative	तिन्दुक (tinduka)	तिन्दुकौ (tindukau) तिन्दुका¹ (tindukā¹)	तिन्दुकाः (tindukāḥ) तिन्दुकासः¹ (tindukāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Pali: tinduka
- → Burmese: တည် (tany)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “tinduka-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 244-5
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kēndu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press