कीलक

See also: कालिक

Sanskrit

Noun

कीलक • (kīlaka) stem, m

1. a pin, bolt, wedge
2. a splint (for confining a broken bone)
3. a kind of tumour (having the form of a pin)
4. a kind of pillar for cows &c. to rub themselves against, or one to which they are tied
5. name of the forty-second year of the sixty years' cycle of Jupiter

Descendants

• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਕਿੱਲ (killa, “nail, bolt”), Punjabi: ਕਿੱਲਾ (killā, “post to which animals are tied”)