स्तुका

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

স্তুকা (Assamese script)
ᬲ᭄ᬢᬸᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
স্তুকা (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰲𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀼𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
သ္တုကာ (Burmese script)
સ્તુકા (Gujarati script)
ਸ੍ਤੁਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦱ꧀ꦠꦸꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂳𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಸ್ತುಕಾ (Kannada script)
ស្តុកា (Khmer script)
ສ຺ຕຸກາ (Lao script)
സ്തുകാ (Malayalam script)
ᠰᢠᡠᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘳𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠰᢐᠤᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧔𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐸𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
ସ୍ତୁକା (Odia script)
ꢱ꣄ꢡꢸꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆶𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖲𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
ස‍්තුකා (Sinhalese script)
𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩒𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚰𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
ஸ்துகா (Tamil script)
స్తుకా (Telugu script)
สฺตุกา (Thai script)
སྟུ་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒳𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨃𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin.

Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-Iranian *stu- (“to coagulate, condense together”), which would be, according to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *stewe- (“to get dense, tight”), and comparable to Ancient Greek στύω (stúō, “to make stiff”),^[1] but the existence of this root has been called into question.^[2]^[3] The word could easily be an Indo-Iranian substrate word instead.^[4]^[5]

Related to स्तूप (stūpa, “tuft, mound, stupa”); see there for more potential cognates.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /stú.kɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪t̪u.kɑː/

Noun

स्तुका • (stúkā) stem, f

a knot or tuft of hair or wool, thick curl of hair (especially between the horns of a bull)
(?) a hip, thigh (=जघन (jaghana))

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of स्तुका
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	स्तुका (stúkā)	स्तुके (stúke)	स्तुकाः (stúkāḥ)
vocative	स्तुके (stúke)	स्तुके (stúke)	स्तुकाः (stúkāḥ)
accusative	स्तुकाम् (stúkām)	स्तुके (stúke)	स्तुकाः (stúkāḥ)
instrumental	स्तुकया (stúkayā) स्तुका¹ (stúkā¹)	स्तुकाभ्याम् (stúkābhyām)	स्तुकाभिः (stúkābhiḥ)
dative	स्तुकायै (stúkāyai)	स्तुकाभ्याम् (stúkābhyām)	स्तुकाभ्यः (stúkābhyaḥ)
ablative	स्तुकायाः (stúkāyāḥ) स्तुकायै² (stúkāyai²)	स्तुकाभ्याम् (stúkābhyām)	स्तुकाभ्यः (stúkābhyaḥ)
genitive	स्तुकायाः (stúkāyāḥ) स्तुकायै² (stúkāyai²)	स्तुकयोः (stúkayoḥ)	स्तुकानाम् (stúkānām)
locative	स्तुकायाम् (stúkāyām)	स्तुकयोः (stúkayoḥ)	स्तुकासु (stúkāsu)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

References

Monier Williams (1899) “स्तुका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1259/3.

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1035”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1035
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 760
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 516
^ Witzel, M. (2003). Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia. United States: Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania, p. 36
^ Early Contacts Between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations : Papers Presented at an International Symposium Held at the Tvärminne Research Station of the University of Helsinki, 8-10 January, 1999. (2001). Finland: Nimilehti painettu Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran kirjapainossa, p. 307

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1035”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1035

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 760

[3] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 516

[4] Witzel, M. (2003). Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia. United States: Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania, p. 36

[5] Early Contacts Between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations : Papers Presented at an International Symposium Held at the Tvärminne Research Station of the University of Helsinki, 8-10 January, 1999. (2001). Finland: Nimilehti painettu Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran kirjapainossa, p. 307

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