मण्डूक

Sanskrit

Etymology

Probably a substrate borrowing, as evidenced by many variants; possibly related to मण्डल (maṇḍala) and मण्ड (maṇḍa) and/or influenced by taboo.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐɳ.ɖúː.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐɳˈɖuː.kɐ/

Noun

मण्डूक • (maṇḍū́ka) stem, m

1. frog

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मण्डूक (maṇḍū́ka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मण्डूकः maṇḍū́kaḥ	मण्डूकौ / मण्डूका¹ maṇḍū́kau / maṇḍū́kā¹	मण्डूकाः / मण्डूकासः¹ maṇḍū́kāḥ / maṇḍū́kāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मण्डूक máṇḍūka	मण्डूकौ / मण्डूका¹ máṇḍūkau / máṇḍūkā¹	मण्डूकाः / मण्डूकासः¹ máṇḍūkāḥ / máṇḍūkāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मण्डूकम् maṇḍū́kam	मण्डूकौ / मण्डूका¹ maṇḍū́kau / maṇḍū́kā¹	मण्डूकान् maṇḍū́kān
Instrumental	मण्डूकेन maṇḍū́kena	मण्डूकाभ्याम् maṇḍū́kābhyām	मण्डूकैः / मण्डूकेभिः¹ maṇḍū́kaiḥ / maṇḍū́kebhiḥ¹
Dative	मण्डूकाय maṇḍū́kāya	मण्डूकाभ्याम् maṇḍū́kābhyām	मण्डूकेभ्यः maṇḍū́kebhyaḥ
Ablative	मण्डूकात् maṇḍū́kāt	मण्डूकाभ्याम् maṇḍū́kābhyām	मण्डूकेभ्यः maṇḍū́kebhyaḥ
Genitive	मण्डूकस्य maṇḍū́kasya	मण्डूकयोः maṇḍū́kayoḥ	मण्डूकानाम् maṇḍū́kānām
Locative	मण्डूके maṇḍū́ke	मण्डूकयोः maṇḍū́kayoḥ	मण्डूकेषु maṇḍū́keṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: مۄنٛڈُکھ (mọnḍukh), مٲن (mạ̄n)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Odia: ମଣ୍ଡୁକ (maṇḍuka)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀟𑀽𑀓 (maṃḍūka)
  • Marathi: मंडूक (maṇḍūk)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀟𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓 (maṃḍukka)
  • Gujarati: મેંડક (meṇḍak), મેડક (meḍak)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: मेंढक (meṇḍhak)

    Urdu: مینڈک (meṇḍak)

  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਮੇਡਕ (meḍak)

• Pali: maṇḍūka