शोधक

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शोधक (śodhaka).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

शोधक • (śodhak) (indeclinable)

1. purificatory, purifying, refining
2. cleansing, purgative
3. investigating

Noun

शोधक • (śodhak) m

1. (arithmetic, algebra) the subtrahend, the quantity to be subtracted from a number (to render it capable of yielding an exact square root)
2. a purifier,
3. an investigator, researcher

Declension

Declension of शोधक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शोधक śodhak	शोधक śodhak
oblique	शोधक śodhak	शोधकों śodhakõ
vocative	शोधक śodhak	शोधको śodhako

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “शोधक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शोधक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “शोधक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শোধক (Assamese script)
• ᬰᭀᬥᬓ (Balinese script)
• শোধক (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰺𑰠𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁄𑀥𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ၐောဓက (Burmese script)
• શોધક (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੋਧਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍋𑌧𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦺꦴꦣꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂷𑂡𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಶೋಧಕ (Kannada script)
• ឝោធក (Khmer script)
• ໂຨຘກ (Lao script)
• ശോധക (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠣᢡᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘻𑘠𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠣᠸᠠᢑᠾᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧜𑧀𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑀𑐢𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଶୋଧକ (Odia script)
• ꢯꣂꢤꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆾𑆣𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖺𑖠𑖎 (Siddham script)
• ශොධක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩕𑩮𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚴𑚜𑚊 (Takri script)
• ஶோத⁴க (Tamil script)
• శోధక (Telugu script)
• โศธก (Thai script)
• ཤོ་དྷ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒼𑒡𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨆𑨜𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root शुध् (śudh, “to be cleared or cleansed or purified, become pure”) +‎ -अक (-aka).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐw.dʱɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕoː.d̪ʱɐ.kɐ/

Adjective

शोधक • (śodhaka) stem

1. purificatory

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शोधक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शोधकः (śodhakaḥ)	शोधकौ (śodhakau) शोधका¹ (śodhakā¹)	शोधकाः (śodhakāḥ) शोधकासः¹ (śodhakāsaḥ¹)
vocative	शोधक (śodhaka)	शोधकौ (śodhakau) शोधका¹ (śodhakā¹)	शोधकाः (śodhakāḥ) शोधकासः¹ (śodhakāsaḥ¹)
accusative	शोधकम् (śodhakam)	शोधकौ (śodhakau) शोधका¹ (śodhakā¹)	शोधकान् (śodhakān)
instrumental	शोधकेन (śodhakena)	शोधकाभ्याम् (śodhakābhyām)	शोधकैः (śodhakaiḥ) शोधकेभिः¹ (śodhakebhiḥ¹)
dative	शोधकाय (śodhakāya)	शोधकाभ्याम् (śodhakābhyām)	शोधकेभ्यः (śodhakebhyaḥ)
ablative	शोधकात् (śodhakāt)	शोधकाभ्याम् (śodhakābhyām)	शोधकेभ्यः (śodhakebhyaḥ)
genitive	शोधकस्य (śodhakasya)	शोधकयोः (śodhakayoḥ)	शोधकानाम् (śodhakānām)
locative	शोधके (śodhake)	शोधकयोः (śodhakayoḥ)	शोधकेषु (śodhakeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of शोधिका

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शोधिका (śodhikā)	शोधिके (śodhike)	शोधिकाः (śodhikāḥ)
vocative	शोधिके (śodhike)	शोधिके (śodhike)	शोधिकाः (śodhikāḥ)
accusative	शोधिकाम् (śodhikām)	शोधिके (śodhike)	शोधिकाः (śodhikāḥ)
instrumental	शोधिकया (śodhikayā) शोधिका¹ (śodhikā¹)	शोधिकाभ्याम् (śodhikābhyām)	शोधिकाभिः (śodhikābhiḥ)
dative	शोधिकायै (śodhikāyai)	शोधिकाभ्याम् (śodhikābhyām)	शोधिकाभ्यः (śodhikābhyaḥ)
ablative	शोधिकायाः (śodhikāyāḥ) शोधिकायै² (śodhikāyai²)	शोधिकाभ्याम् (śodhikābhyām)	शोधिकाभ्यः (śodhikābhyaḥ)
genitive	शोधिकायाः (śodhikāyāḥ) शोधिकायै² (śodhikāyai²)	शोधिकयोः (śodhikayoḥ)	शोधिकानाम् (śodhikānām)
locative	शोधिकायाम् (śodhikāyām)	शोधिकयोः (śodhikayoḥ)	शोधिकासु (śodhikāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of शोधक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शोधकम् (śodhakam)	शोधके (śodhake)	शोधकानि (śodhakāni) शोधका¹ (śodhakā¹)
vocative	शोधक (śodhaka)	शोधके (śodhake)	शोधकानि (śodhakāni) शोधका¹ (śodhakā¹)
accusative	शोधकम् (śodhakam)	शोधके (śodhake)	शोधकानि (śodhakāni) शोधका¹ (śodhakā¹)
instrumental	शोधकेन (śodhakena)	शोधकाभ्याम् (śodhakābhyām)	शोधकैः (śodhakaiḥ) शोधकेभिः¹ (śodhakebhiḥ¹)
dative	शोधकाय (śodhakāya)	शोधकाभ्याम् (śodhakābhyām)	शोधकेभ्यः (śodhakebhyaḥ)
ablative	शोधकात् (śodhakāt)	शोधकाभ्याम् (śodhakābhyām)	शोधकेभ्यः (śodhakebhyaḥ)
genitive	शोधकस्य (śodhakasya)	शोधकयोः (śodhakayoḥ)	शोधकानाम् (śodhakānām)
locative	शोधके (śodhake)	शोधकयोः (śodhakayoḥ)	शोधकेषु (śodhakeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Noun

शोधक • (śodhaka) stem, m

1. purifier
2. corrective
3. (arithmetic, algebra) "corrector", the subtrahend, the quantity to be subtracted from a number (to render it capable of yielding an exact square root)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शोधक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शोधकः (śodhakaḥ)	शोधकौ (śodhakau) शोधका¹ (śodhakā¹)	शोधकाः (śodhakāḥ) शोधकासः¹ (śodhakāsaḥ¹)
vocative	शोधक (śodhaka)	शोधकौ (śodhakau) शोधका¹ (śodhakā¹)	शोधकाः (śodhakāḥ) शोधकासः¹ (śodhakāsaḥ¹)
accusative	शोधकम् (śodhakam)	शोधकौ (śodhakau) शोधका¹ (śodhakā¹)	शोधकान् (śodhakān)
instrumental	शोधकेन (śodhakena)	शोधकाभ्याम् (śodhakābhyām)	शोधकैः (śodhakaiḥ) शोधकेभिः¹ (śodhakebhiḥ¹)
dative	शोधकाय (śodhakāya)	शोधकाभ्याम् (śodhakābhyām)	शोधकेभ्यः (śodhakebhyaḥ)
ablative	शोधकात् (śodhakāt)	शोधकाभ्याम् (śodhakābhyām)	शोधकेभ्यः (śodhakebhyaḥ)
genitive	शोधकस्य (śodhakasya)	शोधकयोः (śodhakayoḥ)	शोधकानाम् (śodhakānām)
locative	शोधके (śodhake)	शोधकयोः (śodhakayoḥ)	शोधकेषु (śodhakeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “शोधक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1091.