पृदाकु
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পৃদাকু (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬺᬤᬵᬓᬸ (Balinese script)
- পৃদাকু (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰴𑰟𑰯𑰎𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀾𑀤𑀸𑀓𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ပၖဒါကု (Burmese script)
- પૃદાકુ (Gujarati script)
- ਪ੍ਰਦਾਕੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍃𑌦𑌾𑌕𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦽꦢꦴꦏꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑃂𑂠𑂰𑂍𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಪೃದಾಕು (Kannada script)
- ប្ឫទាកុ (Khmer script)
- ປ຺ຣິທາກຸ (Lao script)
- പൃദാകു (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡵᡳᡩᠠ᠊ᠠᡬᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘵𑘟𑘰𑘎𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠷᠢᢑᠠᢗᢉᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧖𑦿𑧑𑦮𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐺𑐡𑐵𑐎𑐸 (Newa script)
- ପୃଦାକୁ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢺꢣꢵꢒꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆸𑆢𑆳𑆑𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖴𑖟𑖯𑖎𑖲 (Siddham script)
- පෘදාකු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩙𑩭𑩛𑩜𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚛𑚭𑚊𑚰 (Takri script)
- ப்ரித³ாகு (Tamil script)
- పృదాకు (Telugu script)
- ปฺฤทากุ (Thai script)
- པྲྀ་དཱ་ཀུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒵𑒠𑒰𑒏𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨼𑨉𑨛𑨊𑨋𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From a Near Eastern source; compare Hittite 𒊊𒌉𒀸 (parsnaš, “leopard”), Persian پارس (pârs), پلنگ (palang), Bactrian πορλαγγο-ζινο (porlango-zino), Ancient Greek πάρδαλις (párdalis), πάρδος (párdos), παρδαλέη (pardaléē).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pŕ̩.dɑː.ku/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pr̩.d̪ɑː.ku/
Noun
पृदाकु • (pṛ́dāku) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पृदाकुः (pṛ́dākuḥ) | पृदाकू (pṛ́dākū) | पृदाकवः (pṛ́dākavaḥ) |
| accusative | पृदाकुम् (pṛ́dākum) | पृदाकू (pṛ́dākū) | पृदाकून् (pṛ́dākūn) |
| instrumental | पृदाकुना (pṛ́dākunā) पृदाक्वा¹ (pṛ́dākvā¹) |
पृदाकुभ्याम् (pṛ́dākubhyām) | पृदाकुभिः (pṛ́dākubhiḥ) |
| dative | पृदाकवे (pṛ́dākave) पृदाक्वे¹ (pṛ́dākve¹) |
पृदाकुभ्याम् (pṛ́dākubhyām) | पृदाकुभ्यः (pṛ́dākubhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पृदाकोः (pṛ́dākoḥ) पृदाक्वः¹ (pṛ́dākvaḥ¹) |
पृदाकुभ्याम् (pṛ́dākubhyām) | पृदाकुभ्यः (pṛ́dākubhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पृदाकोः (pṛ́dākoḥ) पृदाक्वः¹ (pṛ́dākvaḥ¹) |
पृदाक्वोः (pṛ́dākvoḥ) | पृदाकूनाम् (pṛ́dākūnām) |
| locative | पृदाकौ (pṛ́dākau) | पृदाक्वोः (pṛ́dākvoḥ) | पृदाकुषु (pṛ́dākuṣu) |
| vocative | पृदाको (pṛ́dāko) | पृदाकू (pṛ́dākū) | पृदाकवः (pṛ́dākavaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “पृदाकु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 647, column 1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “pṛ́dāku-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 163