बद्धक

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बद्धक (báddhaka). By surface analysis, बद्ध (baddh) +‎ -क (-ka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bəd̪.d̪ʱək/, [bɐd̪̚.d̪ʱɐk]

Noun

बद्धक • (baddhak) m

1. a prisoner

   Synonyms: क़ैदी (qaidī), बंदी (bandī)

Declension

Declension of बद्धक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बद्धक baddhak	बद्धक baddhak
oblique	बद्धक baddhak	बद्धकों baddhakõ
vocative	बद्धक baddhak	बद्धको baddhako

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बद्धक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• বদ্ধক (Assamese script)
• ᬩᬤ᭄ᬥᬓ (Balinese script)
• বদ্ধক (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰟𑰿𑰠𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ဗဒ္ဓက (Burmese script)
• બદ્ધક (Gujarati script)
• ਬਦ੍ਧਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦢ꧀ꦣꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂠𑂹𑂡𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಬದ್ಧಕ (Kannada script)
• ពទ្ធក (Khmer script)
• ພທ຺ຘກ (Lao script)
• ബദ്ധക (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᠠᡩᢡᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘟𑘿𑘠𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠠᢑᢑᠾᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑦿𑧠𑧀𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑐡𑑂𑐢𑐎 (Newa script)
• ବଦ୍ଧକ (Odia script)
• ꢨꢣ꣄ꢤꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑆢𑇀𑆣𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖟𑖿𑖠𑖎 (Siddham script)
• බද‍්ධක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲𑩭 𑪙𑩮𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚛𑚶𑚜𑚊 (Takri script)
• ப³த்³த⁴க (Tamil script)
• బద్ధక (Telugu script)
• พทฺธก (Thai script)
• བ་དྡྷ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑒠𑓂𑒡𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑨛𑩇𑨜𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From बद्ध (baddhá, “bound, tied”) +‎ -क (-ka).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɐ́d.dʱɐ.kɐ/, [bɐ́d̚.dʱɐ.kɐ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bɐd̪.d̪ʱɐ.kɐ/, [bɐd̪̚.d̪ʱɐ.kɐ]

Noun

बद्धक • (báddhaka) stem, m

1. one who is bound; a prisoner

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:बन्दिन्

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of बद्धक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	बद्धकः (báddhakaḥ)	बद्धकौ (báddhakau) बद्धका¹ (báddhakā¹)	बद्धकाः (báddhakāḥ) बद्धकासः¹ (báddhakāsaḥ¹)
vocative	बद्धक (báddhaka)	बद्धकौ (báddhakau) बद्धका¹ (báddhakā¹)	बद्धकाः (báddhakāḥ) बद्धकासः¹ (báddhakāsaḥ¹)
accusative	बद्धकम् (báddhakam)	बद्धकौ (báddhakau) बद्धका¹ (báddhakā¹)	बद्धकान् (báddhakān)
instrumental	बद्धकेन (báddhakena)	बद्धकाभ्याम् (báddhakābhyām)	बद्धकैः (báddhakaiḥ) बद्धकेभिः¹ (báddhakebhiḥ¹)
dative	बद्धकाय (báddhakāya)	बद्धकाभ्याम् (báddhakābhyām)	बद्धकेभ्यः (báddhakebhyaḥ)
ablative	बद्धकात् (báddhakāt)	बद्धकाभ्याम् (báddhakābhyām)	बद्धकेभ्यः (báddhakebhyaḥ)
genitive	बद्धकस्य (báddhakasya)	बद्धकयोः (báddhakayoḥ)	बद्धकानाम् (báddhakānām)
locative	बद्धके (báddhake)	बद्धकयोः (báddhakayoḥ)	बद्धकेषु (báddhakeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “बद्धक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 720, column 3.