जलशर्करा

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 8 September 2022

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জলশৰ্কৰা (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬮᬰᬃᬓᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
• জলশর্করা (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰩𑰫𑰨𑰿𑰎𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀮𑀰𑀭𑁆𑀓𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဇလၐရ်္ကရာ (Burmese script)
• જલશર્કરા (Gujarati script)
• ਜਲਸ਼ਰ੍ਕਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌲𑌶𑌰𑍍𑌕𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦭꦯꦂꦏꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂪𑂬𑂩𑂹𑂍𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಜಲಶರ್ಕರಾ (Kannada script)
• ជលឝក៌រា (Khmer script)
• ຊລຨຣ຺ກຣາ (Lao script)
• ജലശര്കരാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠᠯᠠᡧᠠᡵᡬᠠᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘩𑘫𑘨𑘿𑘎𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠᠷᢉᠠᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧉𑧋𑧈𑧠𑦮𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐮𑐱𑐬𑑂𑐎𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଜଲଶର୍କରା (Odia script)
• ꢙꢭꢯꢬ꣄ꢒꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆬𑆯𑆫𑇀𑆑𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖩𑖫𑖨𑖿𑖎𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ජලශර්‍කරා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩽𑩿𑩼 𑪙𑩜𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚥𑚧𑚤𑚶𑚊𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஜலஶர்கரா (Tamil script)
• జలశర్కరా (Telugu script)
• ชลศรฺกรา (Thai script)
• ཛ་ལ་ཤ་རྐ་རཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒪𑒬𑒩𑓂𑒏𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨬𑨮𑨫𑩇𑨋𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Tatpuruṣa compound of जल (jala, “water”) +‎ शर्करा (śarkarā, “grit, gravel”), literally “water-gravel”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.l̪ɐˈɕɐɾ.kɐ.ɾɑː/

Noun

जलशर्करा • (jalaśarkarā) stem, f (Classical Sanskrit)

1. hail, hailstone

   Synonyms: मटची (maṭacī), धाराङ्कुर (dhārāṅkura), ह्रादुनि (hrāduni), वर्षोपल (varṣopala)

   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.25.9:

     विद्योतमाना विद्युद्भिः स्तनन्तः स्तनयित्नुभिः ।
     तीव्रैर्मरुद्गणैर्नुन्ना ववृषुर्जलशर्कराः ॥

     vidyotamānā vidyudbhiḥ stanantaḥ stanayitnubhiḥ.
     tīvrairmarudgaṇairnunnā vavṛṣurjalaśarkarāḥ.

     Propelled by the fearsome wind-gods, the clouds blazed with lightning bolts and roared with thunder as they hurled down hailstones.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of जलशर्करा (jalaśarkarā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जलशर्करा jalaśarkarā	जलशर्करे jalaśarkare	जलशर्कराः jalaśarkarāḥ
Vocative	जलशर्करे jalaśarkare	जलशर्करे jalaśarkare	जलशर्कराः jalaśarkarāḥ
Accusative	जलशर्कराम् jalaśarkarām	जलशर्करे jalaśarkare	जलशर्कराः jalaśarkarāḥ
Instrumental	जलशर्करया jalaśarkarayā	जलशर्कराभ्याम् jalaśarkarābhyām	जलशर्कराभिः jalaśarkarābhiḥ
Dative	जलशर्करायै jalaśarkarāyai	जलशर्कराभ्याम् jalaśarkarābhyām	जलशर्कराभ्यः jalaśarkarābhyaḥ
Ablative	जलशर्करायाः jalaśarkarāyāḥ	जलशर्कराभ्याम् jalaśarkarābhyām	जलशर्कराभ्यः jalaśarkarābhyaḥ
Genitive	जलशर्करायाः jalaśarkarāyāḥ	जलशर्करयोः jalaśarkarayoḥ	जलशर्कराणाम् jalaśarkarāṇām
Locative	जलशर्करायाम् jalaśarkarāyām	जलशर्करयोः jalaśarkarayoḥ	जलशर्करासु jalaśarkarāsu

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “जलशर्करा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 415, column 3.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “जलशर्करा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 731