स्तोक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্তোক (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬢᭀᬓ (Balinese script)
• স্তোক (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰺𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑁄𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• သ္တောက (Burmese script)
• સ્તોક (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਤੋਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂷𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ತೋಕ (Kannada script)
• ស្តោក (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ໂຕກ (Lao script)
• സ്തോക (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᢠᠣᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘻𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢐᠣᠸᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧜𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑑀𑐎 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ତୋକ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢡꣂꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆾𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖺𑖎 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්තොක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩕𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚴𑚊 (Takri script)
• ஸ்தோக (Tamil script)
• స్తోక (Telugu script)
• สฺโตก (Thai script)
• སྟོ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒼𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨆𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A metathesis of unattested *स्कोत (skota), from the root श्चुत् (ścut, “to ooze, sprinkle”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /stɐw.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪t̪oː.kɐ/

Noun

स्तोक • (stoka) stem, m

1. a drop (of water etc.)
2. a spark
3. the Cātaka bird

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of स्तोक (stoka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	स्तोकः stokaḥ	स्तोकौ / स्तोका¹ stokau / stokā¹	स्तोकाः / स्तोकासः¹ stokāḥ / stokāsaḥ¹
Vocative	स्तोक stoka	स्तोकौ / स्तोका¹ stokau / stokā¹	स्तोकाः / स्तोकासः¹ stokāḥ / stokāsaḥ¹
Accusative	स्तोकम् stokam	स्तोकौ / स्तोका¹ stokau / stokā¹	स्तोकान् stokān
Instrumental	स्तोकेन stokena	स्तोकाभ्याम् stokābhyām	स्तोकैः / स्तोकेभिः¹ stokaiḥ / stokebhiḥ¹
Dative	स्तोकाय stokāya	स्तोकाभ्याम् stokābhyām	स्तोकेभ्यः stokebhyaḥ
Ablative	स्तोकात् stokāt	स्तोकाभ्याम् stokābhyām	स्तोकेभ्यः stokebhyaḥ
Genitive	स्तोकस्य stokasya	स्तोकयोः stokayoḥ	स्तोकानाम् stokānām
Locative	स्तोके stoke	स्तोकयोः stokayoḥ	स्तोकेषु stokeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Adjective

स्तोक • (stoka) stem

1. little, small, short

Descendants

• Pali: thoka
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀣𑁄𑀕 (thoga, “a little”)
  • Hindi: थोड़ा (thoṛā, “some, a little”)
• → Tamil: தோகம் (tōkam)
• Prakrit: 𑀝𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟𑀓 (ṭukkaḍaka​)
  • Hindi: टुकड़ा (ṭukṛā)
    • → Tamil: துக்கடா (tukkaṭā)
    • → Malayalam: തുക്കടാ (tukkaṭā), തുക്കട (tukkaṭa)
  • Assamese: টুকুৰা (tukura)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्तोक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1259/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 761
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 519