टङ्कन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

টঙ্কন (Assamese script)
ᬝᬗ᭄ᬓᬦ (Balinese script)
টঙ্কন (Bengali script)
𑰘𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀝𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀦 (Brahmi script)
ဋင်္ကန (Burmese script)
ટઙ્કન (Gujarati script)
ਟਙ੍ਕਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌟𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦛꦔ꧀ꦏꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂗𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ಟಙ್ಕನ (Kannada script)
ដង្កន (Khmer script)
ຏງ຺ກນ (Lao script)
ടങ്കന (Malayalam script)
ᢞᠠᢛᡬᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘘𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘡 (Modi script)
ᢌᠠᢊᢉᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦸𑦲𑧠𑦮𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐚𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐣 (Newa script)
ଟଙ୍କନ (Odia script)
ꢜꢖ꣄ꢒꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆛𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖘𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖡 (Siddham script)
ටඞ‍්කන (Sinhalese script)
𑩦𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚔𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚝 (Takri script)
டங்கந (Tamil script)
టఙ్కన (Telugu script)
ฏงฺกน (Thai script)
ཊ་ངྐ་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒙𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨔𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably a Kulturwort from a western language. The presence of a "borax" meaning on the phonetically similar रङ्ग (raṅga, “color, paint”) suggests "a source language that was neither Dravidian nor (probably) Munda". Related to टगर (ṭagara, “borax”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʈɐŋ.kɐ.nɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʈɐŋ.kɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

टङ्कन • (ṭaṅkana) stem, m

borax

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of टङ्कन
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	टङ्कनः (ṭaṅkanaḥ)	टङ्कनौ (ṭaṅkanau) टङ्कना¹ (ṭaṅkanā¹)	टङ्कनाः (ṭaṅkanāḥ) टङ्कनासः¹ (ṭaṅkanāsaḥ¹)
vocative	टङ्कन (ṭaṅkana)	टङ्कनौ (ṭaṅkanau) टङ्कना¹ (ṭaṅkanā¹)	टङ्कनाः (ṭaṅkanāḥ) टङ्कनासः¹ (ṭaṅkanāsaḥ¹)
accusative	टङ्कनम् (ṭaṅkanam)	टङ्कनौ (ṭaṅkanau) टङ्कना¹ (ṭaṅkanā¹)	टङ्कनान् (ṭaṅkanān)
instrumental	टङ्कनेन (ṭaṅkanena)	टङ्कनाभ्याम् (ṭaṅkanābhyām)	टङ्कनैः (ṭaṅkanaiḥ) टङ्कनेभिः¹ (ṭaṅkanebhiḥ¹)
dative	टङ्कनाय (ṭaṅkanāya)	टङ्कनाभ्याम् (ṭaṅkanābhyām)	टङ्कनेभ्यः (ṭaṅkanebhyaḥ)
ablative	टङ्कनात् (ṭaṅkanāt)	टङ्कनाभ्याम् (ṭaṅkanābhyām)	टङ्कनेभ्यः (ṭaṅkanebhyaḥ)
genitive	टङ्कनस्य (ṭaṅkanasya)	टङ्कनयोः (ṭaṅkanayoḥ)	टङ्कनानाम् (ṭaṅkanānām)
locative	टङ्कने (ṭaṅkane)	टङ्कनयोः (ṭaṅkanayoḥ)	टङ्कनेषु (ṭaṅkaneṣu)

¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “टङ्कन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 429/3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 220-1