मेनका

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মেনকা (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬾᬦᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• মেনকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰸𑰡𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀦𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• မေနကာ (Burmese script)
• મેનકા (Gujarati script)
• ਮੇਨਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍇𑌨𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦤꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂵𑂢𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೇನಕಾ (Kannada script)
• មេនកា (Khmer script)
• ເມນກາ (Lao script)
• മേനകാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡝᠨᠠᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘹𑘡𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᠨᠠᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧚𑧁𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐾𑐣𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ମେନକା (Odia script)
• ꢪꢾꢥꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆼𑆤𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖸𑖡𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• මෙනකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩔𑩯𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚲𑚝𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• மேநகா (Tamil script)
• మేనకా (Telugu script)
• เมนกา (Thai script)
• མེ་ན་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒹𑒢𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨄𑨝𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐj.nɐ.kɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.n̪ɐ.kɑː/

Noun

मेनका • (menakā) stem, ?

1. of the wife of Himālaya

Proper noun

मेनका • (menakā) stem, m

1. Menaka (an apsara and the mother of Shakuntala in the play Shakuntalam)

Descendants

• → Bhojpuri: मेनका (mēnᵊkā)
• → English: Menaka, Meñaka, Meñaca, Menaca
• → Hindi: मेनका (menkā)
• → Marathi: मेनका (menkā)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “मेनका”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]