चोलक

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

चोड (coḍa), चोडक (coḍaka)

Alternative scripts

চোলক (Assamese script)
ᬘᭀᬮᬓ (Balinese script)
চোলক (Bengali script)
𑰓𑰺𑰩𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀘𑁄𑀮𑀓 (Brahmi script)
စောလက (Burmese script)
ચોલક (Gujarati script)
ਚੋਲਕ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌚𑍋𑌲𑌕 (Grantha script)
ꦕꦺꦴꦭꦏ (Javanese script)
𑂒𑂷𑂪𑂍 (Kaithi script)
ಚೋಲಕ (Kannada script)
ចោលក (Khmer script)
ໂຈລກ (Lao script)
ചോലക (Malayalam script)
ᢜᠣᠯᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘓𑘻𑘩𑘎 (Modi script)
ᢋᠣᠸᠠᠯᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦳𑧜𑧉𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
𑐔𑑀𑐮𑐎 (Newa script)
ଚୋଲକ (Odia script)
ꢗꣂꢭꢒ (Saurashtra script)
𑆖𑆾𑆬𑆑 (Sharada script)
𑖓𑖺𑖩𑖎 (Siddham script)
චොලක (Sinhalese script)
𑩡𑩕𑩽𑩜 (Soyombo script)
𑚏𑚴𑚥𑚊 (Takri script)
சோலக (Tamil script)
చోలక (Telugu script)
โจลก (Thai script)
ཙོ་ལ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
𑒔𑒼𑒪𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
𑨣𑨆𑨬𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably borrowed from the Dravidian word for "bark (of a tree)"; compare Tamil சொலி (coli, “bark of a tree; the inner fibrous covering of bamboo”), Malayalam തൊലി (toli, “skin, peel, bark”). However, the discrepancy between the "l" and the "ḍ" between the Dravidian and Indo-Aryan forms is difficult to explain.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐw.lɐ.kɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕoː.l̪ɐ.kɐ/

Noun

चोलक • (colaka) stem, m

a jacket
a cuirass

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चोलक (colaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चोलकः colakaḥ	चोलकौ / चोलका¹ colakau / colakā¹	चोलकाः / चोलकासः¹ colakāḥ / colakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	चोलक colaka	चोलकौ / चोलका¹ colakau / colakā¹	चोलकाः / चोलकासः¹ colakāḥ / colakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	चोलकम् colakam	चोलकौ / चोलका¹ colakau / colakā¹	चोलकान् colakān
Instrumental	चोलकेन colakena	चोलकाभ्याम् colakābhyām	चोलकैः / चोलकेभिः¹ colakaiḥ / colakebhiḥ¹
Dative	चोलकाय colakāya	चोलकाभ्याम् colakābhyām	चोलकेभ्यः colakebhyaḥ
Ablative	चोलकात् colakāt	चोलकाभ्याम् colakābhyām	चोलकेभ्यः colakebhyaḥ
Genitive	चोलकस्य colakasya	चोलकयोः colakayoḥ	चोलकानाम् colakānām
Locative	चोलके colake	चोलकयोः colakayoḥ	चोलकेषु colakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

चोलक • (colaka) stem, n

bark (of a tree etc.)

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of चोलक (colaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चोलकम् colakam	चोलके colake	चोलकानि / चोलका¹ colakāni / colakā¹
Vocative	चोलक colaka	चोलके colake	चोलकानि / चोलका¹ colakāni / colakā¹
Accusative	चोलकम् colakam	चोलके colake	चोलकानि / चोलका¹ colakāni / colakā¹
Instrumental	चोलकेन colakena	चोलकाभ्याम् colakābhyām	चोलकैः / चोलकेभिः¹ colakaiḥ / colakebhiḥ¹
Dative	चोलकाय colakāya	चोलकाभ्याम् colakābhyām	चोलकेभ्यः colakebhyaḥ
Ablative	चोलकात् colakāt	चोलकाभ्याम् colakābhyām	चोलकेभ्यः colakebhyaḥ
Genitive	चोलकस्य colakasya	चोलकयोः colakayoḥ	चोलकानाम् colakānām
Locative	चोलके colake	चोलकयोः colakayoḥ	चोलकेषु colakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “चोलक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 403/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 198; 199
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 400