पुङ्ख
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- পুঙ্খ (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬸᬗ᭄ᬔ (Balinese script)
- পুঙ্খ (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰲𑰒𑰿𑰏 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀼𑀗𑁆𑀔 (Brahmi script)
- ပုင်္ခ (Burmese script)
- પુઙ્ખ (Gujarati script)
- ਪੁਙ੍ਖ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍁𑌙𑍍𑌖 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦸꦔ꧀ꦑ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂳𑂑𑂹𑂎 (Kaithi script)
- ಪುಙ್ಖ (Kannada script)
- បុង្ខ (Khmer script)
- ປຸງ຺ຂ (Lao script)
- പുങ്ഖ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡠᢛᡘᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘳𑘒𑘿𑘏 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠤᢊᠻᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧔𑦲𑧠𑦯 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐸𑐒𑑂𑐏 (Newa script)
- ପୁଙ୍ଖ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢸꢖ꣄ꢓ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆶𑆕𑇀𑆒 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖲𑖒𑖿𑖏 (Siddham script)
- පුඞ්ඛ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩒𑩠 𑪙𑩝 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚰𑚎𑚶𑚋 (Takri script)
- புங்க² (Tamil script)
- పుఙ్ఖ (Telugu script)
- ปุงฺข (Thai script)
- པུ་ངྑ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒳𑒓𑓂𑒐 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨃𑨏𑩇𑨌 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Unknown. Mayrhofer points out Tamil புழுகு (puḻuku, “arrow-head”) and Santali [script needed] (phõk, “the notch of an arrow for receiving the bow-string”), but makes no certain claims about borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /puŋ.kʰɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /puŋ.kʰɐ/
Noun
पुङ्ख • (puṅkha) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पुङ्खः (puṅkhaḥ) | पुङ्खौ (puṅkhau) पुङ्खा¹ (puṅkhā¹) |
पुङ्खाः (puṅkhāḥ) पुङ्खासः¹ (puṅkhāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | पुङ्खम् (puṅkham) | पुङ्खौ (puṅkhau) पुङ्खा¹ (puṅkhā¹) |
पुङ्खान् (puṅkhān) |
| instrumental | पुङ्खेन (puṅkhena) | पुङ्खाभ्याम् (puṅkhābhyām) | पुङ्खैः (puṅkhaiḥ) पुङ्खेभिः¹ (puṅkhebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | पुङ्खाय (puṅkhāya) | पुङ्खाभ्याम् (puṅkhābhyām) | पुङ्खेभ्यः (puṅkhebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पुङ्खात् (puṅkhāt) | पुङ्खाभ्याम् (puṅkhābhyām) | पुङ्खेभ्यः (puṅkhebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पुङ्खस्य (puṅkhasya) | पुङ्खयोः (puṅkhayoḥ) | पुङ्खानाम् (puṅkhānām) |
| locative | पुङ्खे (puṅkhe) | पुङ्खयोः (puṅkhayoḥ) | पुङ्खेषु (puṅkheṣu) |
| vocative | पुङ्ख (puṅkha) | पुङ्खौ (puṅkhau) पुङ्खा¹ (puṅkhā¹) |
पुङ्खाः (puṅkhāḥ) पुङ्खासः¹ (puṅkhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Pali: puṃkha (“shaft of arrow”), poṃkhānupoṃkhaṃ (“arrow after arrow, constantly”)
- Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀁𑀔 (puṃkha, “top part of arrow”)
- Gujarati: પૂંખલું (pū̃khlũ)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “puṅkha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956–1980) “298”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag
- Monier Williams (1899) “पुङ्ख”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.