कीलक

See also: कालिक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কীলক (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬷᬮᬓ (Balinese script)
• কীলক (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰱𑰩𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀻𑀮𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ကီလက (Burmese script)
• કીલક (Gujarati script)
• ਕੀਲਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍀𑌲𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦷꦭꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂲𑂪𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಕೀಲಕ (Kannada script)
• កីលក (Khmer script)
• ກີລກ (Lao script)
• കീലക (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡳᡳᠯᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘲𑘩𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠢᠢᠯᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧓𑧉𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐷𑐮𑐎 (Newa script)
• କୀଲକ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢷꢭꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆵𑆬𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖱𑖩𑖎 (Siddham script)
• කීලක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩑𑩛𑩽𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚯𑚥𑚊 (Takri script)
• கீலக (Tamil script)
• కీలక (Telugu script)
• กีลก (Thai script)
• ཀཱི་ལ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒲𑒪𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨁𑨊𑨬𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From कील (kīla) +‎ -क (-ka).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kiː.l̪ɐ.kɐ/

Noun

कीलक • (kīlaka) stem, m

1. a pin, bolt, wedge
2. a splint (for confining a broken bone)
3. a kind of tumour (having the form of a pin)
4. a kind of pillar for cows &c. to rub themselves against, or one to which they are tied
5. name of the forty-second year of the sixty years' cycle of Jupiter

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कीलक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	कीलकः (kīlakaḥ)	कीलकौ (kīlakau)	कीलकाः (kīlakāḥ)
accusative	कीलकम् (kīlakam)	कीलकौ (kīlakau)	कीलकान् (kīlakān)
instrumental	कीलकेन (kīlakena)	कीलकाभ्याम् (kīlakābhyām)	कीलकैः (kīlakaiḥ)
dative	कीलकाय (kīlakāya)	कीलकाभ्याम् (kīlakābhyām)	कीलकेभ्यः (kīlakebhyaḥ)
ablative	कीलकात् (kīlakāt)	कीलकाभ्याम् (kīlakābhyām)	कीलकेभ्यः (kīlakebhyaḥ)
genitive	कीलकस्य (kīlakasya)	कीलकयोः (kīlakayoḥ)	कीलकानाम् (kīlakānām)
locative	कीलके (kīlake)	कीलकयोः (kīlakayoḥ)	कीलकेषु (kīlakeṣu)
vocative	कीलक (kīlaka)	कीलकौ (kīlakau)	कीलकाः (kīlakāḥ)

Descendants

• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਕਿੱਲ (killa, “nail, bolt”), Punjabi: ਕਿੱਲਾ (killā, “post to which animals are tied”)
• Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Marathi: खिळा (khiḷā, “nail, peg, spike”), Marathi: खीळ (khīḷ)

Noun

कीलक • (kīlaka) stem, n

1. name of the inner syllables of a mantra

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of कीलक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	कीलकम् (kīlakam)	कीलके (kīlake)	कीलकानि (kīlakāni)
accusative	कीलकम् (kīlakam)	कीलके (kīlake)	कीलकानि (kīlakāni)
instrumental	कीलकेन (kīlakena)	कीलकाभ्याम् (kīlakābhyām)	कीलकैः (kīlakaiḥ)
dative	कीलकाय (kīlakāya)	कीलकाभ्याम् (kīlakābhyām)	कीलकेभ्यः (kīlakebhyaḥ)
ablative	कीलकात् (kīlakāt)	कीलकाभ्याम् (kīlakābhyām)	कीलकेभ्यः (kīlakebhyaḥ)
genitive	कीलकस्य (kīlakasya)	कीलकयोः (kīlakayoḥ)	कीलकानाम् (kīlakānām)
locative	कीलके (kīlake)	कीलकयोः (kīlakayoḥ)	कीलकेषु (kīlakeṣu)
vocative	कीलक (kīlaka)	कीलके (kīlake)	कीलकानि (kīlakāni)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “कीलक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 285, column 2.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “kīlaka”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kīla¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 163