दुम्बक
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দুম্বক (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬸᬫ᭄ᬩᬓ (Balinese script)
- দুম্বক (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰲𑰦𑰿𑰤𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀩𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ဒုမ္ဗက (Burmese script)
- દુમ્બક (Gujarati script)
- ਦੁਮ੍ਬਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑍁𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂳𑂧𑂹𑂥𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ದುಮ್ಬಕ (Kannada script)
- ទុម្ពក (Khmer script)
- ທຸມ຺ພກ (Lao script)
- ദുമ്ബക (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᡠᠮᠪᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘳𑘦𑘿𑘤𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠤᠮᠪᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧔𑧆𑧠𑧄𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐸𑐩𑑂𑐧𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଦୁମ୍ବକ (Odia script)
- ꢣꢸꢪ꣄ꢨꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆶𑆩𑇀𑆧𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖲𑖦𑖿𑖤𑖎 (Siddham script)
- දුම්බක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩒𑩴 𑪙𑩲𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚰𑚢𑚶𑚠𑚊 (Takri script)
- து³ம்ப³க (Tamil script)
- దుమ్బక (Telugu script)
- ทุมฺพก (Thai script)
- དུ་མྦ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒳𑒧𑓂𑒥𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨃𑨢𑩇𑨠𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dewmbʰ- (“penis, tail, rod”), and related to Persian دنب (donb, “tail”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dum.bɐ.kɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪um.bɐ.kɐ/
Noun
दुम्बक • (dumbaka) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | दुम्बकः (dumbakaḥ) | दुम्बकौ (dumbakau) दुम्बका¹ (dumbakā¹) |
दुम्बकाः (dumbakāḥ) दुम्बकासः¹ (dumbakāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | दुम्बकम् (dumbakam) | दुम्बकौ (dumbakau) दुम्बका¹ (dumbakā¹) |
दुम्बकान् (dumbakān) |
| instrumental | दुम्बकेन (dumbakena) | दुम्बकाभ्याम् (dumbakābhyām) | दुम्बकैः (dumbakaiḥ) दुम्बकेभिः¹ (dumbakebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | दुम्बकाय (dumbakāya) | दुम्बकाभ्याम् (dumbakābhyām) | दुम्बकेभ्यः (dumbakebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | दुम्बकात् (dumbakāt) | दुम्बकाभ्याम् (dumbakābhyām) | दुम्बकेभ्यः (dumbakebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | दुम्बकस्य (dumbakasya) | दुम्बकयोः (dumbakayoḥ) | दुम्बकानाम् (dumbakānām) |
| locative | दुम्बके (dumbake) | दुम्बकयोः (dumbakayoḥ) | दुम्बकेषु (dumbakeṣu) |
| vocative | दुम्बक (dumbaka) | दुम्बकौ (dumbakau) दुम्बका¹ (dumbakā¹) |
दुम्बकाः (dumbakāḥ) दुम्बकासः¹ (dumbakāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “दुम्बक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 484/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 267
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dumbaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 479