सञ्चक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সঞ্চক (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬜ᭄ᬘᬓ (Balinese script)
• সঞ্চক (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• သဉ္စက (Burmese script)
• સઞ્ચક (Gujarati script)
• ਸਞ੍ਚਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦚ꧀ꦕꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂖𑂹𑂒𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಞ್ಚಕ (Kannada script)
• សញ្ចក (Khmer script)
• ສຎ຺ຈກ (Lao script)
• സഞ്ചക (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᠨᡳᠶᢜᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᡛᢋᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑦷𑧠𑦳𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐘𑑂𑐔𑐎 (Newa script)
• ସଞ୍ଚକ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢛ꣄ꢗꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆚𑇀𑆖𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖎 (Siddham script)
• සඤ්‍චක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩥 𑪙𑩡𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚓𑚶𑚏𑚊 (Takri script)
• ஸஞ்சக (Tamil script)
• సఞ్చక (Telugu script)
• สญฺจก (Thai script)
• ས་ཉྩ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒘𑓂𑒔𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨓𑩇𑨣𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐɲ.t͡ɕɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐɲ.t͡ɕɐ.kɐ/

Noun

सञ्चक • (sañcaka) stem, m

1. stamp, mould

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सञ्चक (sañcaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सञ्चकः sañcakaḥ	सञ्चकौ / सञ्चका¹ sañcakau / sañcakā¹	सञ्चकाः / सञ्चकासः¹ sañcakāḥ / sañcakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	सञ्चक sañcaka	सञ्चकौ / सञ्चका¹ sañcakau / sañcakā¹	सञ्चकाः / सञ्चकासः¹ sañcakāḥ / sañcakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सञ्चकम् sañcakam	सञ्चकौ / सञ्चका¹ sañcakau / sañcakā¹	सञ्चकान् sañcakān
Instrumental	सञ्चकेन sañcakena	सञ्चकाभ्याम् sañcakābhyām	सञ्चकैः / सञ्चकेभिः¹ sañcakaiḥ / sañcakebhiḥ¹
Dative	सञ्चकाय sañcakāya	सञ्चकाभ्याम् sañcakābhyām	सञ्चकेभ्यः sañcakebhyaḥ
Ablative	सञ्चकात् sañcakāt	सञ्चकाभ्याम् sañcakābhyām	सञ्चकेभ्यः sañcakebhyaḥ
Genitive	सञ्चकस्य sañcakasya	सञ्चकयोः sañcakayoḥ	सञ्चकानाम् sañcakānām
Locative	सञ्चके sañcake	सञ्चकयोः sañcakayoḥ	सञ्चकेषु sañcakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Assamese: সাঁচ (xãs)
• Bengali: সাঁচ (śãc), ছাঁচ (chãc)
• Bihari: सांचा (sā̃cā)
• Gujarati: સાંચો (sā̃co)
• Hindustani: sā̃cā
  • Hindi: सांचा
  • Urdu: سان٘چا
  • → Kashmiri: sā̃ca

    Arabic script: سانچَ

    Devanagari script: साँच

  • → Punjabi: sañcā, saccā

    Gurmukhi script: ਸੰਚਾ, ਸੱਚਾ

    Shahmukhi script: سَنچا, سَچّا

  • → Sindhi: sā̃co

    Arabic script: سانچو

    Devanagari script: सांचो

• Kumaoni: साँचो
• Marathi: सांचा (sāñcā)
• Nepali: साँचो (sā̃co)
• Odia: ଛାଞ୍ଚ (chāñca)

Borrowed terms

• → Kannada: ಅಚ್ಚು (accu)
• → Kodava: ಅಚ್ಚಿ (acci)
• → Malayalam: അച്ച് (accŭ)
• → Tamil: அச்சு (accu)
• → Tulu: ಅಚ್ಚಿ (acci)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “सञ्चक”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sañcaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press