तुङ्ग
Appearance
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- *टक्क (ṭakka), *टङ्ग- (ṭaṅga-), *टिक्क- (ṭikka-), *टिङ्ग- (ṭiṅga-), *टेक्क- (ṭekka-), *टेङ्ग- (ṭeṅga-), *टुङ्क- (ṭuṅka-), *टुङ्ग- (ṭuṅga-), *डक्क- (ḍakka-), *डग्ग- (ḍagga-), *डङ्ग- (ḍaṅga-), *डुङ्ग- (ḍuṅga-), *डोङ्ग- (ḍoṅga-), *थुङ्ग- (thuṅga-), *दङ्ग (daṅga)
Etymology
[edit]Given the immense number of alternative forms, most likely from a substrate. Related to Nepali डुङ्गुर् (ḍuṅgur), Hindi डूंगर (ḍūṅgar), टेकरा (ṭekrā), Bengali ডাঙা (ḍaṅa), Odia ଡୁଙ୍ଗୁରି (ḍuṅguri), Marwari डूंगर (ḍūṅgar), Punjabi ਟੇਕਰਾ (ṭekrā), Gujarati ટેકરો (ṭekro) and ડુંગર (ḍuṅgar).
Adjective
[edit]तुङ्ग • (tuṅga) stem
Noun
[edit]तुङ्ग • (tuṅga) stem, m
Proper noun
[edit]तुङ्ग • (tuṅga) stem, n
- name of a river
Derived terms
[edit]- तुङ्गभद्रा (tuṅgabhadrā, “Tungabhadra”)
References
[edit]- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ṭakka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 300