नाणक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

নাণক (Assamese script)
ᬦᬵᬡᬓ (Balinese script)
নাণক (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰯𑰜𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀸𑀡𑀓 (Brahmi script)
နာဏက (Burmese script)
નાણક (Gujarati script)
ਨਾਣਕ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌾𑌣𑌕 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦴꦟꦏ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂰𑂝𑂍 (Kaithi script)
ನಾಣಕ (Kannada script)
នាណក (Khmer script)
ນາຓກ (Lao script)
നാണക (Malayalam script)
ᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘰𑘜𑘎 (Modi script)
ᠨᠠᢗᢏᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧑𑦼𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐵𑐞𑐎 (Newa script)
ନାଣକ (Odia script)
ꢥꢵꢠꢒ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆳𑆟𑆑 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖯𑖜𑖎 (Siddham script)
නාණක (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩛𑩪𑩜 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚭𑚘𑚊 (Takri script)
நாணக (Tamil script)
నాణక (Telugu script)
นาณก (Thai script)
ནཱ་ཎ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒰𑒝𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨊𑨘𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Perhaps borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil நாணயம் (nāṇayam, “coin; honesty”). Alternatively, the Dravidian is borrowed from Sanskrit, and the word is from Prakrit [script needed] (nāṇa-), from Vedic Sanskrit ज्ञान (jñāna, “knowledge”), with a semantic shift from "knowledge" > "proof of acknowledgement" > "coin".

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑː.ɳɐ.kɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɑː.ɳɐ.kɐ/

Noun

नाणक • (nāṇaka) stem, n

a coin or anything stamped with an impression

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of नाणक
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	नाणकम् (nāṇakam)	नाणके (nāṇake)	नाणकानि (nāṇakāni) नाणका¹ (nāṇakā¹)
vocative	नाणक (nāṇaka)	नाणके (nāṇake)	नाणकानि (nāṇakāni) नाणका¹ (nāṇakā¹)
accusative	नाणकम् (nāṇakam)	नाणके (nāṇake)	नाणकानि (nāṇakāni) नाणका¹ (nāṇakā¹)
instrumental	नाणकेन (nāṇakena)	नाणकाभ्याम् (nāṇakābhyām)	नाणकैः (nāṇakaiḥ) नाणकेभिः¹ (nāṇakebhiḥ¹)
dative	नाणकाय (nāṇakāya)	नाणकाभ्याम् (nāṇakābhyām)	नाणकेभ्यः (nāṇakebhyaḥ)
ablative	नाणकात् (nāṇakāt)	नाणकाभ्याम् (nāṇakābhyām)	नाणकेभ्यः (nāṇakebhyaḥ)
genitive	नाणकस्य (nāṇakasya)	नाणकयोः (nāṇakayoḥ)	नाणकानाम् (nāṇakānām)
locative	नाणके (nāṇake)	नाणकयोः (nāṇakayoḥ)	नाणकेषु (nāṇakeṣu)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Marathi: नाणे (nāṇe)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “नाणक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0534/3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 287
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 151