वारक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वारक (vāraka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.ɾək/, [ʋäː.ɾɐk]

Adjective

वारक • (vārak) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling وارك)

1. restraining, checking, preventing, hindering, obstructing, opposing, resisting, thwarting
2. anything which restrains or obstructs, an obstacle
3. an opponent
4. one of a horse's paces
5. seat (of pain)
6. a sort of fragrant

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वारक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “वारक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱাৰক (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬵᬭᬓ (Balinese script)
• বারক (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰯𑰨𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀭𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ဝါရက (Burmese script)
• વારક (Gujarati script)
• ਵਾਰਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦴꦫꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂰𑂩𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ವಾರಕ (Kannada script)
• វារក (Khmer script)
• ວາຣກ (Lao script)
• വാരക (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢗᠷᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧑𑧈𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐵𑐬𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଵାରକ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢵꢬꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆳𑆫𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖯𑖨𑖎 (Siddham script)
• වාරක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩛𑩼𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚭𑚤𑚊 (Takri script)
• வாரக (Tamil script)
• వారక (Telugu script)
• วารก (Thai script)
• ཝཱ་ར་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒰𑒩𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨊𑨫𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वार (vāra) +‎ -क (-ka).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.ɾɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑː.ɾɐ.kɐ/

Noun

वारक • (vāraka) stem, m

1. a restrainer, resister, opposer, an obstacle
2. a kind of vessel
3. a person's turn or time
4. one of a horse's paces
5. a horse

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वारक (vāraka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वारकः vārakaḥ	वारकौ / वारका¹ vārakau / vārakā¹	वारकाः / वारकासः¹ vārakāḥ / vārakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	वारक vāraka	वारकौ / वारका¹ vārakau / vārakā¹	वारकाः / वारकासः¹ vārakāḥ / vārakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वारकम् vārakam	वारकौ / वारका¹ vārakau / vārakā¹	वारकान् vārakān
Instrumental	वारकेण vārakeṇa	वारकाभ्याम् vārakābhyām	वारकैः / वारकेभिः¹ vārakaiḥ / vārakebhiḥ¹
Dative	वारकाय vārakāya	वारकाभ्याम् vārakābhyām	वारकेभ्यः vārakebhyaḥ
Ablative	वारकात् vārakāt	वारकाभ्याम् vārakābhyām	वारकेभ्यः vārakebhyaḥ
Genitive	वारकस्य vārakasya	वारकयोः vārakayoḥ	वारकाणाम् vārakāṇām
Locative	वारके vārake	वारकयोः vārakayoḥ	वारकेषु vārakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

वारक • (vāraka) stem, n

1. a sort of perfumed or fragrant grass
2. the seat of pain

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of वारक (vāraka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वारकम् vārakam	वारके vārake	वारकाणि / वारका¹ vārakāṇi / vārakā¹
Vocative	वारक vāraka	वारके vārake	वारकाणि / वारका¹ vārakāṇi / vārakā¹
Accusative	वारकम् vārakam	वारके vārake	वारकाणि / वारका¹ vārakāṇi / vārakā¹
Instrumental	वारकेण vārakeṇa	वारकाभ्याम् vārakābhyām	वारकैः / वारकेभिः¹ vārakaiḥ / vārakebhiḥ¹
Dative	वारकाय vārakāya	वारकाभ्याम् vārakābhyām	वारकेभ्यः vārakebhyaḥ
Ablative	वारकात् vārakāt	वारकाभ्याम् vārakābhyām	वारकेभ्यः vārakebhyaḥ
Genitive	वारकस्य vārakasya	वारकयोः vārakayoḥ	वारकाणाम् vārakāṇām
Locative	वारके vārake	वारकयोः vārakayoḥ	वारकेषु vārakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वारक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 944.