फलक

See also: फल and फ़लक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit फलक (phalaka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pʰə.lək/, [pʰɐ.lɐk]

Noun

फलक • (phalak) m

1. panel, board, canvas
2. slab, face

Declension

Declension of फलक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	फलक phalak	फलक phalak
oblique	फलक phalak	फलकों phalakõ
vocative	फलक phalak	फलको phalako

Derived terms

• बहुफलक (bahuphlak)
• चित्रफलक (citraphlak)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ফলক (Assamese script)
• ᬨᬮᬓ (Balinese script)
• ফলক (Bengali script)
• 𑰣𑰩𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀨𑀮𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ဖလက (Burmese script)
• ફલક (Gujarati script)
• ਫਲਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌫𑌲𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦦꦭꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂤𑂪𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಫಲಕ (Kannada script)
• ផលក (Khmer script)
• ຜລກ (Lao script)
• ഫലക (Malayalam script)
• ᡦᠠᠯᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘣𑘩𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠹᠠᠯᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧃𑧉𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐦𑐮𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଫଲକ (Odia script)
• ꢧꢭꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆦𑆬𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖣𑖩𑖎 (Siddham script)
• ඵලක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩱𑩽𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚟𑚥𑚊 (Takri script)
• ப²லக (Tamil script)
• ఫలక (Telugu script)
• ผลก (Thai script)
• ཕ་ལ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒤𑒪𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨟𑨬𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pʰɐ.lɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɐ.l̪ɐ.kɐ/

Noun

फलक • (phalaka) stem, n

1. fruit, result, gain
2. menstruation
3. a board, lath, plank, leaf, bench
4. a slab or tablet
5. a picture
6. a gaming board
7. a wooden bench
8. a slab at the base (of a pedestal)
9. any flat surface
10. the handpalm
11. the buttocks
12. the top or head of an arrow
13. a shield
14. bark (as a material for clothes)
15. the pericarp of a lotus
16. yantra
17. a layer
18. the stand on which a monk keeps his turban

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of फलक (phalaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	फलकम् phalakam	फलके phalake	फलकानि / फलका¹ phalakāni / phalakā¹
Vocative	फलक phalaka	फलके phalake	फलकानि / फलका¹ phalakāni / phalakā¹
Accusative	फलकम् phalakam	फलके phalake	फलकानि / फलका¹ phalakāni / phalakā¹
Instrumental	फलकेन phalakena	फलकाभ्याम् phalakābhyām	फलकैः / फलकेभिः¹ phalakaiḥ / phalakebhiḥ¹
Dative	फलकाय phalakāya	फलकाभ्याम् phalakābhyām	फलकेभ्यः phalakebhyaḥ
Ablative	फलकात् phalakāt	फलकाभ्याम् phalakābhyām	फलकेभ्यः phalakebhyaḥ
Genitive	फलकस्य phalakasya	फलकयोः phalakayoḥ	फलकानाम् phalakānām
Locative	फलके phalake	फलकयोः phalakayoḥ	फलकेषु phalakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Bengali: ফলক (pholok)
• → Hindi: फलक (phalak)
• Pali: phalaka

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “फलक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 717.
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “फलक”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]