पुङ्ख

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

পুঙ্খ (Assamese script)
ᬧᬸᬗ᭄ᬔ (Balinese script)
পুঙ্খ (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰲𑰒𑰿𑰏 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀼𑀗𑁆𑀔 (Brahmi script)
ပုင်္ခ (Burmese script)
પુઙ્ખ (Gujarati script)
ਪੁਙ੍ਖ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍁𑌙𑍍𑌖 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦸꦔ꧀ꦑ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂳𑂑𑂹𑂎 (Kaithi script)
ಪುಙ್ಖ (Kannada script)
បុង្ខ (Khmer script)
ປຸງ຺ຂ (Lao script)
പുങ്ഖ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡠᢛᡘᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘳𑘒𑘿𑘏 (Modi script)
ᢒᠤᢊᠻᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧔𑦲𑧠𑦯 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐸𑐒𑑂𑐏 (Newa script)
ପୁଙ୍ଖ (Odia script)
ꢦꢸꢖ꣄ꢓ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆶𑆕𑇀𑆒 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖲𑖒𑖿𑖏 (Siddham script)
පුඞ‍්ඛ (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩒𑩠 𑪙𑩝 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚰𑚎𑚶𑚋 (Takri script)
புங்க² (Tamil script)
పుఙ్ఖ (Telugu script)
ปุงฺข (Thai script)
པུ་ངྑ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒳𑒓𑓂𑒐 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨃𑨏𑩇𑨌 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Unknown. Mayrhofer points out Tamil புழுகு (puḻuku, “arrow-head”) and Santali [script needed] (phõk, “the notch of an arrow for receiving the bow-string”), but makes no certain claims about borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /puŋ.kʰɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpuŋ.kʰɐ/

Noun

पुङ्ख • (puṅkha) stem, m

the shaft or feathered part of an arrow (which comes in contact with the bowstring)
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पुङ्ख (puṅkha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पुङ्खः puṅkhaḥ	पुङ्खौ / पुङ्खा¹ puṅkhau / puṅkhā¹	पुङ्खाः / पुङ्खासः¹ puṅkhāḥ / puṅkhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पुङ्ख puṅkha	पुङ्खौ / पुङ्खा¹ puṅkhau / puṅkhā¹	पुङ्खाः / पुङ्खासः¹ puṅkhāḥ / puṅkhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पुङ्खम् puṅkham	पुङ्खौ / पुङ्खा¹ puṅkhau / puṅkhā¹	पुङ्खान् puṅkhān
Instrumental	पुङ्खेन puṅkhena	पुङ्खाभ्याम् puṅkhābhyām	पुङ्खैः / पुङ्खेभिः¹ puṅkhaiḥ / puṅkhebhiḥ¹
Dative	पुङ्खाय puṅkhāya	पुङ्खाभ्याम् puṅkhābhyām	पुङ्खेभ्यः puṅkhebhyaḥ
Ablative	पुङ्खात् puṅkhāt	पुङ्खाभ्याम् puṅkhābhyām	पुङ्खेभ्यः puṅkhebhyaḥ
Genitive	पुङ्खस्य puṅkhasya	पुङ्खयोः puṅkhayoḥ	पुङ्खानाम् puṅkhānām
Locative	पुङ्खे puṅkhe	पुङ्खयोः puṅkhayoḥ	पुङ्खेषु puṅkheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Pali: puṃkha (“shaft of arrow”), poṃkhānupoṃkhaṃ (“arrow after arrow, constantly”)
Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀁𑀔 (puṃkha, “top part of arrow”)
- Gujarati: પૂંખલું (pū̃khlũ)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “puṅkha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956–1980) “298”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag
Monier Williams (1899) “पुङ्ख”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.