पालङ्क

Sanskrit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɑː.lɐŋ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɑːˈl̪ɐŋ.kɐ/

Noun

पालङ्क • (pālaṅka) stem, m

1. Indian frankincense (Boswellia thurifera)
2. (?) a species of bird
3. Indian spinach (Beta bengalensis)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पालङ्क (pālaṅka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पालङ्कः pālaṅkaḥ	पालङ्कौ / पालङ्का¹ pālaṅkau / pālaṅkā¹	पालङ्काः / पालङ्कासः¹ pālaṅkāḥ / pālaṅkāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पालङ्क pālaṅka	पालङ्कौ / पालङ्का¹ pālaṅkau / pālaṅkā¹	पालङ्काः / पालङ्कासः¹ pālaṅkāḥ / pālaṅkāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पालङ्कम् pālaṅkam	पालङ्कौ / पालङ्का¹ pālaṅkau / pālaṅkā¹	पालङ्कान् pālaṅkān
Instrumental	पालङ्केन pālaṅkena	पालङ्काभ्याम् pālaṅkābhyām	पालङ्कैः / पालङ्केभिः¹ pālaṅkaiḥ / pālaṅkebhiḥ¹
Dative	पालङ्काय pālaṅkāya	पालङ्काभ्याम् pālaṅkābhyām	पालङ्केभ्यः pālaṅkebhyaḥ
Ablative	पालङ्कात् pālaṅkāt	पालङ्काभ्याम् pālaṅkābhyām	पालङ्केभ्यः pālaṅkebhyaḥ
Genitive	पालङ्कस्य pālaṅkasya	पालङ्कयोः pālaṅkayoḥ	पालङ्कानाम् pālaṅkānām
Locative	पालङ्के pālaṅke	पालङ्कयोः pālaṅkayoḥ	पालङ्केषु pālaṅkeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• पालङ्की (pālaṅkī), पालङ्किका (pālaṅkikā), पालङ्क्य (pālaṅkya)
• पालक्या (pālakyā)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀮𑀁𑀓 n (pālaṃka), 𑀧𑀸𑀮𑀁𑀕 n (pālaṃga)
  • Assamese: পালেং (paleṅ)
  • Bengali: পালং (paloṅ), পালঙ (paloṅ)
  • Nepali: पालुङ्गो (pāluṅgo)
  • Odia: ପାଳଙ୍ଗ (pāḷaṅga), ପାଳଙ୍ଗ (pāḷaṅga)
  • → Middle Chinese: 菠薐
    • Chinese: 菠薐 (bōléng)
    • → Japanese: 菠薐 (hōren), 菠薐草 (hōrensō)
    • → Thai: ปวยเล้ง (bpuai-léng)

See descendants of पालक्या (pālakyā).

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पालङ्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 623.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pālakyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press