टङ्कन

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Probably a Kulturwort from a western language. The presence of a "borax" meaning on the phonetically similar रङ्ग (raṅga, color, paint) suggests "a source language that was neither Dravidian nor (probably) Munda". Related to टगर (ṭagara, borax).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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टङ्कन (ṭaṅkana) stemm

  1. borax

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of टङ्कन (ṭaṅkana)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative टङ्कनः
ṭaṅkanaḥ
टङ्कनौ / टङ्कना¹
ṭaṅkanau / ṭaṅkanā¹
टङ्कनाः / टङ्कनासः¹
ṭaṅkanāḥ / ṭaṅkanāsaḥ¹
Vocative टङ्कन
ṭaṅkana
टङ्कनौ / टङ्कना¹
ṭaṅkanau / ṭaṅkanā¹
टङ्कनाः / टङ्कनासः¹
ṭaṅkanāḥ / ṭaṅkanāsaḥ¹
Accusative टङ्कनम्
ṭaṅkanam
टङ्कनौ / टङ्कना¹
ṭaṅkanau / ṭaṅkanā¹
टङ्कनान्
ṭaṅkanān
Instrumental टङ्कनेन
ṭaṅkanena
टङ्कनाभ्याम्
ṭaṅkanābhyām
टङ्कनैः / टङ्कनेभिः¹
ṭaṅkanaiḥ / ṭaṅkanebhiḥ¹
Dative टङ्कनाय
ṭaṅkanāya
टङ्कनाभ्याम्
ṭaṅkanābhyām
टङ्कनेभ्यः
ṭaṅkanebhyaḥ
Ablative टङ्कनात्
ṭaṅkanāt
टङ्कनाभ्याम्
ṭaṅkanābhyām
टङ्कनेभ्यः
ṭaṅkanebhyaḥ
Genitive टङ्कनस्य
ṭaṅkanasya
टङ्कनयोः
ṭaṅkanayoḥ
टङ्कनानाम्
ṭaṅkanānām
Locative टङ्कने
ṭaṅkane
टङ्कनयोः
ṭaṅkanayoḥ
टङ्कनेषु
ṭaṅkaneṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “टङ्कन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 429/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 220-1