द्वारका

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit द्वारका (dvārakā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʋɑːɾ.kɑː/, [d̪wäːɾ.käː]

Proper noun

द्वारका • (dvārkā) ? (Urdu spelling دوارکا)

1. Dwarka (a city in Gujarat, India)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• द्वारिका (dvārikā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দ্বাৰকা (Assamese script)
• ᬤ᭄ᬯᬵᬭᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• দ্বারকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰿𑰪𑰯𑰨𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑁆𑀯𑀸𑀭𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဒွါရကာ (Burmese script)
• દ્વારકા (Gujarati script)
• ਦ੍ਵਾਰਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦢ꧀ꦮꦴꦫꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂹𑂫𑂰𑂩𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ದ್ವಾರಕಾ (Kannada script)
• ទ្វារកា (Khmer script)
• ທ຺ວາຣກາ (Lao script)
• ദ്വാരകാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠣᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘿𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢑᢦ᠎ᠠᠷᠠᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧠𑧊𑧑𑧈𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑑂𑐰𑐵𑐬𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଦ୍ଵାରକା (Odia script)
• ꢣ꣄ꢮꢵꢬꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑇀𑆮𑆳𑆫𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖿𑖪𑖯𑖨𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ද්‍වාරකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭 𑪙𑩾𑩛𑩼𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚶𑚦𑚭𑚤𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• த்³வாரகா (Tamil script)
• ద్వారకా (Telugu script)
• ทฺวารกา (Thai script)
• དྭཱ་ར་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑓂𑒫𑒰𑒩𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑩇𑨭𑨊𑨫𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From द्वार (dvāra, “door; gate”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʋɑː.ɾɐ.kɑː/

Proper noun

द्वारका • (dvārakā) stem, f

1. Dwarka (a city in Gujarat)
2. City ruled by Krishna (located on the western point of Gujarat, supposed to have been submerged by the sea) MBh. Hariv. Pur. &c.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of द्वारका

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	द्वारका (dvārakā)	द्वारके (dvārake)	द्वारकाः (dvārakāḥ)
accusative	द्वारकाम् (dvārakām)	द्वारके (dvārake)	द्वारकाः (dvārakāḥ)
instrumental	द्वारकया (dvārakayā)	द्वारकाभ्याम् (dvārakābhyām)	द्वारकाभिः (dvārakābhiḥ)
dative	द्वारकायै (dvārakāyai)	द्वारकाभ्याम् (dvārakābhyām)	द्वारकाभ्यः (dvārakābhyaḥ)
ablative	द्वारकायाः (dvārakāyāḥ)	द्वारकाभ्याम् (dvārakābhyām)	द्वारकाभ्यः (dvārakābhyaḥ)
genitive	द्वारकायाः (dvārakāyāḥ)	द्वारकयोः (dvārakayoḥ)	द्वारकाणाम् (dvārakāṇām)
locative	द्वारकायाम् (dvārakāyām)	द्वारकयोः (dvārakayoḥ)	द्वारकासु (dvārakāsu)
vocative	द्वारके (dvārake)	द्वारके (dvārake)	द्वारकाः (dvārakāḥ)

Descendants

• → Bhojpuri: द्वारका (dvārᵊkā)
• → English: Dwarka
• → Hindi: द्वारका (dvārkā)
• → Marathi: द्वारका (dvārkā)
• → Nepali: द्वारका (dwārkā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “द्वारका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 504, column 2.