नाणक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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): /ˈn̪ɑː.ɳɐ.kɐ/

Noun

नाणक • (nāṇaka) stem, n

1. a coin or anything stamped with an impression

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of नाणक (nāṇaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नाणकम् nāṇakam	नाणके nāṇake	नाणकानि / नाणका¹ nāṇakāni / nāṇakā¹
Vocative	नाणक nāṇaka	नाणके nāṇake	नाणकानि / नाणका¹ nāṇakāni / nāṇakā¹
Accusative	नाणकम् nāṇakam	नाणके nāṇake	नाणकानि / नाणका¹ nāṇakāni / nāṇakā¹
Instrumental	नाणकेन nāṇakena	नाणकाभ्याम् nāṇakābhyām	नाणकैः / नाणकेभिः¹ nāṇakaiḥ / 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
Notes	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^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 287
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 151