ताम्बूलिक

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑːm.buː.lɪk/, [t̪ä̃ːm.buː.lɪk]

Noun

ताम्बूलिक • (tāmbūlik) m

1. alternative spelling of तांबूलिक (tāmbūlik)
   • 1987, Hitesh Singh, बाणभट्ट की कृतियों में वनस्पति‎^[1], page 53:

     ताम्बूलिकों के घरों में इसमें प्रयोग की जाने वाली सामग्री […] का भंडार रहता था

     tāmbūlikõ ke gharõ mẽ ismẽ prayog kī jāne vālī sāmagrī […] kā bhaṇḍār rahtā thā

     In the houses of the betel-sellers, there used to be a stock of the ingredients used in it

Declension

Declension of ताम्बूलिक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ताम्बूलिक tāmbūlik	ताम्बूलिक tāmbūlik
oblique	ताम्बूलिक tāmbūlik	ताम्बूलिकों tāmbūlikõ
vocative	ताम्बूलिक tāmbūlik	ताम्बूलिको tāmbūliko

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তাম্বূলিক (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬵᬫ᭄ᬩᬹᬮᬶᬓ (Balinese script)
• তাম্বূলিক (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰯𑰦𑰿𑰤𑰳𑰩𑰰𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀩𑀽𑀮𑀺𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• တာမ္ဗူလိက (Burmese script)
• તામ્બૂલિક (Gujarati script)
• ਤਾਮ੍ਬੂਲਿਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍂𑌲𑌿𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦴꦩ꧀ꦧꦹꦭꦶꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂰𑂧𑂹𑂥𑂴𑂪𑂱𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ತಾಮ್ಬೂಲಿಕ (Kannada script)
• តាម្ពូលិក (Khmer script)
• ຕາມ຺ພູລິກ (Lao script)
• താമ്ബൂലിക (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠪᡠᡠᠯᡳᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘰𑘦𑘿𑘤𑘴𑘩𑘱𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢗᠮᠪᠤᠤᠯᠢᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧑𑧆𑧠𑧄𑧕𑧉𑧒𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐵𑐩𑑂𑐧𑐹𑐮𑐶𑐎 (Newa script)
• ତାମ୍ବୂଲିକ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢵꢪ꣄ꢨꢹꢭꢶꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆳𑆩𑇀𑆧𑆷𑆬𑆴𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖯𑖦𑖿𑖤𑖳𑖩𑖰𑖎 (Siddham script)
• තාම‍්බූලික (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩛𑩴 𑪙𑩲𑩒𑩛𑩽𑩑𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚭𑚢𑚶𑚠𑚱𑚥𑚮𑚊 (Takri script)
• தாம்பூ³லிக (Tamil script)
• తామ్బూలిక (Telugu script)
• ตามฺพูลิก (Thai script)
• ཏཱ་མྦཱུ་ལི་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒰𑒧𑓂𑒥𑒴𑒪𑒱𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨊𑨢𑩇𑨠𑨃𑨊𑨬𑨁𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From ताम्बूल (tāmbūla, “betel”) +‎ -इक (-ika).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑːm.buː.l̪i.kɐ/

Noun

ताम्बूलिक • (tāmbūlika) stem, m (Classical Sanskrit)

1. betelseller (one who sells betel)
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa
   • c. 200 CE – 300 CE, Vātsyāyana, Kāma Sūtra 1.5.25.1:

     रजकनापितमालाकारगान्धिकसौरिकभिक्षुकगोपालकताम्बूलिकसौवर्णिकपीठमर्दविटविदूषकादयो मित्राणि ।

     rajakanāpitamālākāragāndhikasaurikabhikṣukagopālakatāmbūlikasauvarṇikapīṭhamardaviṭavidūṣakādayo mitrāṇi.

     O washermen, barbers, garland-makers, perfume-vendors, liquor-vendors, mendicants, cowherds, betel-sellers, goldsmiths, companions, sensualists, jesters, etc. and friends […]

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ताम्बूलिक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ताम्बूलिकः (tāmbūlikaḥ)	ताम्बूलिकौ (tāmbūlikau)	ताम्बूलिकाः (tāmbūlikāḥ)
vocative	ताम्बूलिक (tāmbūlika)	ताम्बूलिकौ (tāmbūlikau)	ताम्बूलिकाः (tāmbūlikāḥ)
accusative	ताम्बूलिकम् (tāmbūlikam)	ताम्बूलिकौ (tāmbūlikau)	ताम्बूलिकान् (tāmbūlikān)
instrumental	ताम्बूलिकेन (tāmbūlikena)	ताम्बूलिकाभ्याम् (tāmbūlikābhyām)	ताम्बूलिकैः (tāmbūlikaiḥ)
dative	ताम्बूलिकाय (tāmbūlikāya)	ताम्बूलिकाभ्याम् (tāmbūlikābhyām)	ताम्बूलिकेभ्यः (tāmbūlikebhyaḥ)
ablative	ताम्बूलिकात् (tāmbūlikāt)	ताम्बूलिकाभ्याम् (tāmbūlikābhyām)	ताम्बूलिकेभ्यः (tāmbūlikebhyaḥ)
genitive	ताम्बूलिकस्य (tāmbūlikasya)	ताम्बूलिकयोः (tāmbūlikayoḥ)	ताम्बूलिकानाम् (tāmbūlikānām)
locative	ताम्बूलिके (tāmbūlike)	ताम्बूलिकयोः (tāmbūlikayoḥ)	ताम्बूलिकेषु (tāmbūlikeṣu)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀢𑀁𑀩𑁄𑀮𑀺𑀅 (taṃbolia) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ताम्बूलिक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 443, column 1.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “tāmbūlika”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “ताम्बूलिक”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 768
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ताम्बूलिक”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 108
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tāmbūlika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 329