तालक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

• Alternative scripts

  • তালক (Assamese script)
  • ᬢᬵᬮᬓ (Balinese script)
  • তালক (Bengali script)
  • 𑰝𑰯𑰩𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀢𑀸𑀮𑀓 (Brahmi script)
  • တာလက (Burmese script)
  • તાલક (Gujarati script)
  • ਤਾਲਕ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌤𑌾𑌲𑌕 (Grantha script)
  • ꦠꦴꦭꦏ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂞𑂰𑂪𑂍 (Kaithi script)
  • ತಾಲಕ (Kannada script)
  • តាលក (Khmer script)
  • ຕາລກ (Lao script)
  • താലക (Malayalam script)
  • ᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘝𑘰𑘩𑘎 (Modi script)
  • ᢐᠠᢗᠯᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦽𑧑𑧉𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐟𑐵𑐮𑐎 (Newa script)
  • ତାଲକ (Odia script)
  • ꢡꢵꢭꢒ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆠𑆳𑆬𑆑 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖝𑖯𑖩𑖎 (Siddham script)
  • තාලක (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩫𑩛𑩽𑩜 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚙𑚭𑚥𑚊 (Takri script)
  • தாலக (Tamil script)
  • తాలక (Telugu script)
  • ตาลก (Thai script)
  • ཏཱ་ལ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒞𑒰𑒪𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨙𑨊𑨬𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɑː.lɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɑː.l̪ɐ.kɐ/

Etymology 1

From ताल (tāla) +‎ -क (-ka).

Noun

तालक • (tālaka) stem, n

1. orpiment
2. lock, bolt
3. a fragrant earth
4. a kind of ornament

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of तालक (tālaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तालकम् tālakam	तालके tālake	तालकानि / तालका¹ tālakāni / tālakā¹
Vocative	तालक tālaka	तालके tālake	तालकानि / तालका¹ tālakāni / tālakā¹
Accusative	तालकम् tālakam	तालके tālake	तालकानि / तालका¹ tālakāni / tālakā¹
Instrumental	तालकेन tālakena	तालकाभ्याम् tālakābhyām	तालकैः / तालकेभिः¹ tālakaiḥ / tālakebhiḥ¹
Dative	तालकाय tālakāya	तालकाभ्याम् tālakābhyām	तालकेभ्यः tālakebhyaḥ
Ablative	तालकात् tālakāt	तालकाभ्याम् tālakābhyām	तालकेभ्यः tālakebhyaḥ
Genitive	तालकस्य tālakasya	तालकयोः tālakayoḥ	तालकानाम् tālakānām
Locative	तालके tālake	तालकयोः tālakayoḥ	तालकेषु tālakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Punjabi: ਤਾਲਾ (tālā, “lock”)

Etymology 2

The origin is unknown.

Noun

तालक • (tālaka) stem, m

1. name of a venomous insect

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of तालक (tālaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तालकः tālakaḥ	तालकौ / तालका¹ tālakau / tālakā¹	तालकाः / तालकासः¹ tālakāḥ / tālakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	तालक tālaka	तालकौ / तालका¹ tālakau / tālakā¹	तालकाः / तालकासः¹ tālakāḥ / tālakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	तालकम् tālakam	तालकौ / तालका¹ tālakau / tālakā¹	तालकान् tālakān
Instrumental	तालकेन tālakena	तालकाभ्याम् tālakābhyām	तालकैः / तालकेभिः¹ tālakaiḥ / tālakebhiḥ¹
Dative	तालकाय tālakāya	तालकाभ्याम् tālakābhyām	तालकेभ्यः tālakebhyaḥ
Ablative	तालकात् tālakāt	तालकाभ्याम् tālakābhyām	तालकेभ्यः tālakebhyaḥ
Genitive	तालकस्य tālakasya	तालकयोः tālakayoḥ	तालकानाम् tālakānām
Locative	तालके tālake	तालकयोः tālakayoḥ	तालकेषु tālakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तालक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 445/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 243