पर्यङ्क

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Often taken as परि (pari, around, about) +‎ अङ्क (aṅká, bend, curve). However, Mayrhofer suggests that this may be a folk etymology, and that the word was borrowed from a foreign language, perhaps Dravidian or Elamite.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

पर्यङ्क • (paryaṅka) stemm

  1. furniture for lying down: a bed, a couch
  2. vehicle in which one lies down: a litter, a palanquin

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पर्यङ्क
singular dual plural
nominative पर्यङ्कः (paryaṅkaḥ) पर्यङ्कौ (paryaṅkau)
पर्यङ्का¹ (paryaṅkā¹)
पर्यङ्काः (paryaṅkāḥ)
पर्यङ्कासः¹ (paryaṅkāsaḥ¹)
accusative पर्यङ्कम् (paryaṅkam) पर्यङ्कौ (paryaṅkau)
पर्यङ्का¹ (paryaṅkā¹)
पर्यङ्कान् (paryaṅkān)
instrumental पर्यङ्केण (paryaṅkeṇa) पर्यङ्काभ्याम् (paryaṅkābhyām) पर्यङ्कैः (paryaṅkaiḥ)
पर्यङ्केभिः¹ (paryaṅkebhiḥ¹)
dative पर्यङ्काय (paryaṅkāya) पर्यङ्काभ्याम् (paryaṅkābhyām) पर्यङ्केभ्यः (paryaṅkebhyaḥ)
ablative पर्यङ्कात् (paryaṅkāt) पर्यङ्काभ्याम् (paryaṅkābhyām) पर्यङ्केभ्यः (paryaṅkebhyaḥ)
genitive पर्यङ्कस्य (paryaṅkasya) पर्यङ्कयोः (paryaṅkayoḥ) पर्यङ्काणाम् (paryaṅkāṇām)
locative पर्यङ्के (paryaṅke) पर्यङ्कयोः (paryaṅkayoḥ) पर्यङ्केषु (paryaṅkeṣu)
vocative पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka) पर्यङ्कौ (paryaṅkau)
पर्यङ्का¹ (paryaṅkā¹)
पर्यङ्काः (paryaṅkāḥ)
पर्यङ्कासः¹ (paryaṅkāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “paryaṅka-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 98
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) “paryaṅkaḥ”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 226

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