खडक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• খডক (Assamese script)
• ᬔᬟᬓ (Balinese script)
• খডক (Bengali script)
• 𑰏𑰚𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀔𑀟𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ခဍက (Burmese script)
• ખડક (Gujarati script)
• ਖਡਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌖𑌡𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦑꦝꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂎𑂙𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಖಡಕ (Kannada script)
• ខឌក (Khmer script)
• ຂຑກ (Lao script)
• ഖഡക (Malayalam script)
• ᡘᠠᡷᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘏𑘚𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠻᠠᢎᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦯𑦺𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐏𑐜𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଖଡକ (Odia script)
• ꢓꢞꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆒𑆝𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖏𑖚𑖎 (Siddham script)
• ඛඩක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩝𑩨𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚋𑚖𑚊 (Takri script)
• க²ட³க (Tamil script)
• ఖడక (Telugu script)
• ขฑก (Thai script)
• ཁ་ཌ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒐𑒛𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨌𑨖𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Turner connects the word with खद् (khad, “to be steady, be hard”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ.ɖɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɐ.ɖɐ.kɐ/

Noun

खडक • (khaḍaka) stem, n

1. a bolt or pin

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of खडक (khaḍaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	खडकम् khaḍakam	खडके khaḍake	खडकानि / खडका¹ khaḍakāni / khaḍakā¹
Vocative	खडक khaḍaka	खडके khaḍake	खडकानि / खडका¹ khaḍakāni / khaḍakā¹
Accusative	खडकम् khaḍakam	खडके khaḍake	खडकानि / खडका¹ khaḍakāni / khaḍakā¹
Instrumental	खडकेन khaḍakena	खडकाभ्याम् khaḍakābhyām	खडकैः / खडकेभिः¹ khaḍakaiḥ / khaḍakebhiḥ¹
Dative	खडकाय khaḍakāya	खडकाभ्याम् khaḍakābhyām	खडकेभ्यः khaḍakebhyaḥ
Ablative	खडकात् khaḍakāt	खडकाभ्याम् khaḍakābhyām	खडकेभ्यः khaḍakebhyaḥ
Genitive	खडकस्य khaḍakasya	खडकयोः khaḍakayoḥ	खडकानाम् khaḍakānām
Locative	खडके khaḍake	खडकयोः khaḍakayoḥ	खडकेषु khaḍakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Central:
  • Hindustani: khaṛā
    • Devanagari script: खड़ा
    • Arabic script: کھَڑا
    • → Nepali: खडा (khaḍā)
• Eastern:
  • Bengali: খাড়া (khaṛa)
  • Odia: ଖାଡ଼ା (khāṛā)
• Northern:
  • Bhadrawahi: खड़ो (khaṛo)
  • Pangwali: खड़ा (khaṛā)
• Northwestern:
  • Punjabi: khaṛā

    Gurmukhi script: ਖੜਾ

    Shahmukhi script: کھَڑا

  • Sindhi: khaṛo

    Arabic script: کَڙو

    Devanagari script: खड़ो

• Southern:
  • Marathi: खडा (khaḍā)
• Western:
  • Gujarati: ખડું (khaḍũ)
  • Marwari: खड़ो (khaṛo)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “खडक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 335/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 443
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khaḍaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press