वृक
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[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“‘wolf’”). Cognate with Latin lupus, Ancient Greek λύκος (lukos), Lithuanian vilkas. Native grammarians etymologize it as "the tearer" and connect it to root √vrasc, cf. वृक्ण (vṛkṇa).
[edit] Noun
वृक (vṛ́ka) m.
- a wolf
- मा वां वर्को मा वर्कीरा दधर्षीन मा परि वर्क्तमुतमाति धक्तम |
- mā vāṃ vṛko mā vṛkīrā dadharṣīn mā pari varktamutamāti dhaktam |
- Let not the wolf, let not the she-wolf harm you. Forsake me not, nor pass me by or others.
- mā vāṃ vṛko mā vṛkīrā dadharṣīn mā pari varktamutamāti dhaktam |
- मा वां वर्को मा वर्कीरा दधर्षीन मा परि वर्क्तमुतमाति धक्तम |
- a dog
- a jackal
- a crow
- an owl
- a thief
- a Kshatriya
- a plough
- a thunderbolt
- the moon
- the sun
- a kind of plant (= बक (baka))
- the resin of Pinus longifolia
[edit] Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of वृक
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | वृकः (vṛkaḥ) | वृकौ (vṛkau) | वृकाः (vṛkāḥ) |
| Vocative | वृक (vṛka) | वृकौ (vṛkau) | वृकाः (vṛkāḥ) |
| Accusative | वृकम् (vṛkam) | वृकौ (vṛkau) | वृकान् (vṛkān) |
| Instrumental | वृकेण (vṛkeṇa) | वृकाभ्याम् (vṛkābhyām) | वृकैः (vṛkaiḥ) |
| Dative | वृकाय (vṛkāya) | वृकाभ्याम् (vṛkābhyām) | वृकेभ्यः (vṛkebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | वृकात् (vṛkāt) | वृकाभ्याम् (vṛkābhyām) | वृकेभ्यः (vṛkebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | वृकस्य (vṛkasya) | वृकयोः (vṛkayoḥ) | वृकाणाम् (vṛkāṇām) |
| Locative | वृके (vṛke) | वृकयोः (vṛkayoḥ) | वृकेषु (vṛkeṣu) |
[edit] Proper noun
वृक (Vṛ́ka) m.
- name of an Asura
- name of a son of Krishna
- name of a king
- name of a son of Ruruka (or Bharuka)
- name Prithu
- name of a son of Shura
- name of a son of Vatsaka
- (in plural) name of a people and a country (belonging to मध्यदेश (madhya-deśa)) (cf. वार्केण्य (vārkeṇya))
[edit] Related terms
- वृकी (vṛ́kī)
[edit] References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 1008
- Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 294
- Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 700
- Carl Capeller, A Sanskrit-English dictionary, based upon the St. Petersburg lexicons, London: Luzac & Co., 1891, page 516

