पुलाक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পুলাক (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬸᬮᬵᬓ (Balinese script)
• পুলাক (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰲𑰩𑰯𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ပုလာက (Burmese script)
• પુલાક (Gujarati script)
• ਪੁਲਾਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍁𑌲𑌾𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦸꦭꦴꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂳𑂪𑂰𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಪುಲಾಕ (Kannada script)
• បុលាក (Khmer script)
• ປຸລາກ (Lao script)
• പുലാക (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡠᠯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘳𑘩𑘰𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠤᠯᠠᢗᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧔𑧉𑧑𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐸𑐮𑐵𑐎 (Newa script)
• ପୁଲାକ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢸꢭꢵꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆶𑆬𑆳𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖲𑖩𑖯𑖎 (Siddham script)
• පුලාක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩒𑩽𑩛𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚰𑚥𑚭𑚊 (Takri script)
• புலாக (Tamil script)
• పులాక (Telugu script)
• ปุลาก (Thai script)
• པུ་ལཱ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒳𑒪𑒰𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨃𑨬𑨊𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pu.lɑː.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /puˈl̪ɑː.kɐ/

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil புறுக்கல் (puṟukkal, “cooked rice”).

Noun

पुलाक • (pulāka) stem, m or n

1. a lump of boiled rice

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पुलाक (pulāka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पुलाकः pulākaḥ	पुलाकौ / पुलाका¹ pulākau / pulākā¹	पुलाकाः / पुलाकासः¹ pulākāḥ / pulākāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पुलाक pulāka	पुलाकौ / पुलाका¹ pulākau / pulākā¹	पुलाकाः / पुलाकासः¹ pulākāḥ / pulākāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पुलाकम् pulākam	पुलाकौ / पुलाका¹ pulākau / pulākā¹	पुलाकान् pulākān
Instrumental	पुलाकेन pulākena	पुलाकाभ्याम् pulākābhyām	पुलाकैः / पुलाकेभिः¹ pulākaiḥ / pulākebhiḥ¹
Dative	पुलाकाय pulākāya	पुलाकाभ्याम् pulākābhyām	पुलाकेभ्यः pulākebhyaḥ
Ablative	पुलाकात् pulākāt	पुलाकाभ्याम् pulākābhyām	पुलाकेभ्यः pulākebhyaḥ
Genitive	पुलाकस्य pulākasya	पुलाकयोः pulākayoḥ	पुलाकानाम् pulākānām
Locative	पुलाके pulāke	पुलाकयोः pulākayoḥ	पुलाकेषु pulākeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of पुलाक (pulāka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पुलाकम् pulākam	पुलाके pulāke	पुलाकानि / पुलाका¹ pulākāni / pulākā¹
Vocative	पुलाक pulāka	पुलाके pulāke	पुलाकानि / पुलाका¹ pulākāni / pulākā¹
Accusative	पुलाकम् pulākam	पुलाके pulāke	पुलाकानि / पुलाका¹ pulākāni / pulākā¹
Instrumental	पुलाकेन pulākena	पुलाकाभ्याम् pulākābhyām	पुलाकैः / पुलाकेभिः¹ pulākaiḥ / pulākebhiḥ¹
Dative	पुलाकाय pulākāya	पुलाकाभ्याम् pulākābhyām	पुलाकेभ्यः pulākebhyaḥ
Ablative	पुलाकात् pulākāt	पुलाकाभ्याम् pulākābhyām	पुलाकेभ्यः pulākebhyaḥ
Genitive	पुलाकस्य pulākasya	पुलाकयोः pulākayoḥ	पुलाकानाम् pulākānām
Locative	पुलाके pulāke	पुलाकयोः pulākayoḥ	पुलाकेषु pulākeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਪੁਲਾਉ / پلاؤ (pulāu)
  • Gujarati: પુલાવ (pulāv)
  • Hindustani: पुलाव / پلاؤ (pulāv)
    • → Persian: پلاو (pelâv)
      • → Gujarati: પલાવ (palāv)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: پلاو (pilav)
        • Turkish: pilav
        • → Albanian: pilaf
        • → Armenian: փլավ (pʻlav)
        • → English: pilaf
        • → Macedonian: пилаф (pilaf)
        • → Romanian: pilaf
        • → Serbo-Croatian: pìlāv
        • → Slovak: pilaf
    • → English: pulao

Etymology 2

A post-Vedic form of पूल्य (pūlya).

Noun

पुलाक • (pulāka) stem, m or n

1. shriveled or blighted or empty or bad grain
2. a particular species of grain
3. brevity, abbreviation, compendium
4. celerity, dispatch

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पुलाक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 638/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 330