शलक

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• শলক (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬮᬓ (Balinese script)
• শলক (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰩𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀮𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ၐလက (Burmese script)
• શલક (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਲਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌲𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦭꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂪𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಲಕ (Kannada script)
• ឝលក (Khmer script)
• ຨລກ (Lao script)
• ശലക (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᠯᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘩𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᠯᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧉𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐮𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଶଲକ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢭꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆬𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖩𑖎 (Siddham script)
• ශලක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩽𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚥𑚊 (Takri script)
• ஶலக (Tamil script)
• శలక (Telugu script)
• ศลก (Thai script)
• ཤ་ལ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒪𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨬𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Kannada ಸೆಲದಿ (seladi) and Telugu సాలీడు (sālīḍu).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.lɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐ.l̪ɐ.kɐ/

Noun

शलक • (śalaka) stem, ?

1. spider
2. bird

References

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