भेक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভেক (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬾᬓ (Balinese script)
• ভেক (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰸𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑁂𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ဘေက (Burmese script)
• ભેક (Gujarati script)
• ਭੇਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑍇𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦺꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂵𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಭೇಕ (Kannada script)
• ភេក (Khmer script)
• ເຠກ (Lao script)
• ഭേക (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᡝᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘹𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠧᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧚𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐾𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଭେକ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢾꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆼𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖸𑖎 (Siddham script)
• භෙක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩔𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚲𑚊 (Takri script)
• பே⁴க (Tamil script)
• భేక (Telugu script)
• เภก (Thai script)
• བྷེ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒹𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨄𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Possibly a wanderwort that also generated Proto-Turkic *b(i)āka.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ́j.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱeː.kɐ/
• Hyphenation: भे‧क

Noun

भेक • (bhéka) stem, m

1. frog

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भेक (bhéka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भेकः bhékaḥ	भेकौ / भेका¹ bhékau / bhékā¹	भेकाः / भेकासः¹ bhékāḥ / bhékāsaḥ¹
Vocative	भेक bhéka	भेकौ / भेका¹ bhékau / bhékā¹	भेकाः / भेकासः¹ bhékāḥ / bhékāsaḥ¹
Accusative	भेकम् bhékam	भेकौ / भेका¹ bhékau / bhékā¹	भेकान् bhékān
Instrumental	भेकेन bhékena	भेकाभ्याम् bhékābhyām	भेकैः / भेकेभिः¹ bhékaiḥ / bhékebhiḥ¹
Dative	भेकाय bhékāya	भेकाभ्याम् bhékābhyām	भेकेभ्यः bhékebhyaḥ
Ablative	भेकात् bhékāt	भेकाभ्याम् bhékābhyām	भेकेभ्यः bhékebhyaḥ
Genitive	भेकस्य bhékasya	भेकयोः bhékayoḥ	भेकानाम् bhékānām
Locative	भेके bhéke	भेकयोः bhékayoḥ	भेकेषु bhékeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• भेकट (bhekaṭa)
• भेकनि (bhekani)

Descendants

• Pali: bheka
• Prakrit: 𑀪𑁂𑀕 (bhega)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: ভেক (bhek), ভেকুলী (bhekuli), ভেঁকোলা (bhẽküla)
      • Odia: ଭେକ୍ଟା (bhekṭa)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Kumaoni: भेकानो (bhekāno)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: बेगुतो (beguto), ब्यागुतो (byāguto)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ބޮއް (bok̊)
      • Sinhalese: බෙක (beka)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bheka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 547