कल्क

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কল্ক (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬮ᭄ᬓ (Balinese script)
• কল্ক (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰩𑰿𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ကလ္က (Burmese script)
• કલ્ક (Gujarati script)
• ਕਲ੍ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌲𑍍𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦭ꧀ꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂪𑂹𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಲ್ಕ (Kannada script)
• កល្ក (Khmer script)
• ກລ຺ກ (Lao script)
• കല്ക (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᠯᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘩𑘿𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠯᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧉𑧠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐮𑑂𑐎 (Newa script)
• କଲ୍କ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢭ꣄ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆬𑇀𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖩𑖿𑖎 (Siddham script)
• කල‍්ක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩽 𑪙𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚥𑚶𑚊 (Takri script)
• கல்க (Tamil script)
• కల్క (Telugu script)
• กลฺก (Thai script)
• ཀ་ལྐ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒪𑓂𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨬𑩇𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐl.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐl̪.kɐ/

Noun

कल्क • (kalka) stem, ?

1. Sinful, wicked
2. The viscous sediment deposited by oily substances when ground
3. A kind of tenacious paste, An unguent paste
4. a paste used as plaster or cement also called Yoga (mixture)
5. (by extension) Dirt, filth (in general)
6. Ordure, fæces
7. Meanness, deceit, hypocrisy
8. Sin
9. Levigated powder
10. Incense
11. The wax of the ear

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “कल्क”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]