𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓

Prakrit

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare also 𑀟𑀫𑀭𑀼𑀅 (ḍamarua), 𑀟𑀺𑀁𑀟𑀺𑀫 (ḍiṃḍima), 𑀟𑁄𑀁𑀩 (ḍoṃba), 𑀠𑀟𑁆𑀠 (ḍhaḍḍha), 𑀠𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮 (ḍhŏlla), and 𑀤𑀼𑀁𑀤𑀼𑀳𑀺 (duṃduhi), all terms denoting types of drums or otherwise connected with drumming. Perhaps ultimately onomatopoeic or derived from Munda terms for drumming.

Noun

𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ḍakka) (Devanagari डक्क, Kannada ಡಕ್ಕ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)

a particular musical instrument

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁄 (ḍakko)	𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (ḍakkā)
Accusative	𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀁 (ḍakkaṃ)	𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂 (ḍakke) or 𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (ḍakkā)
Instrumental	𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀡 (ḍakkeṇa) or 𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀡𑀁 (ḍakkeṇaṃ)	𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀳𑀺 (ḍakkehi) or 𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (ḍakkehiṃ)
Dative	𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀅 (ḍakkāa)	—
Ablative	𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀑 (ḍakkāo) or 𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀉 (ḍakkāu) or 𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (ḍakkā) or 𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀳𑀺 (ḍakkāhi) or 𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ḍakkāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀲 (ḍakkassa)	𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀡 (ḍakkāṇa) or 𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀡𑀁 (ḍakkāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (ḍakkammi) or 𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂 (ḍakke)	𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀼 (ḍakkesu) or 𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (ḍakkesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ḍakka) or 𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (ḍakkā)	𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (ḍakkā)

Related terms

*𑀟𑀁𑀓 (*ḍaṃka) — alternative reconstruction
- Assamese: ডঙ্কা (doṅka)
- Bengali: ডঙ্কা (ḍoṅka)
- Gujarati: ડંકો (ḍaṅko)
- Hindustani: ḍaṅkā
  Hindi: डंका
  
  Urdu: ڈَنْکا (ḍankā)
- Marathi: डंका (ḍaṅkā), डांका (ḍāṅkā)
- Nepali: डङका (ḍaṅkā)
- Odia: ଡଙ୍କା (ḍaṅkā)
- Punjabi: ਡੰਕਾ (ḍaṅkā)

Descendants

Gujarati: ડક્કો (ḍakko, “drum”)

References

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 460
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍōmba”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ḍaṅka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press