पिपीलक

See also: पिपीलिका

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পিপীলক (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬶᬧᬷᬮᬓ (Balinese script)
• পিপীলক (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰰𑰢𑰱𑰩𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀧𑀻𑀮𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ပိပီလက (Burmese script)
• પિપીલક (Gujarati script)
• ਪਿਪੀਲਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌿𑌪𑍀𑌲𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦶꦥꦷꦭꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂱𑂣𑂲𑂪𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಿಪೀಲಕ (Kannada script)
• បិបីលក (Khmer script)
• ປິປີລກ (Lao script)
• പിപീലക (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡳᢒᡳᡳᠯᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘱𑘢𑘲𑘩𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠢᢒᠢᠢᠯᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧒𑧂𑧓𑧉𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐶𑐥𑐷𑐮𑐎 (Newa script)
• ପିପୀଲକ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢶꢦꢷꢭꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆴𑆥𑆵𑆬𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖰𑖢𑖱𑖩𑖎 (Siddham script)
• පිපීලක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩑𑩰𑩑𑩛𑩽𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚮𑚞𑚯𑚥𑚊 (Takri script)
• பிபீலக (Tamil script)
• పిపీలక (Telugu script)
• ปิปีลก (Thai script)
• པི་པཱི་ལ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒱𑒣𑒲𑒪𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨁𑨞𑨁𑨊𑨬𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From a compound of पिपील (pipīla, "ant") +‎ -क (-ka, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pi.piː.lɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /piˈpiː.l̪ɐ.kɐ/

Noun

पिपीलक • (pipīlaka) stem, m

1. a large black ant

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पिपीलक (pipīlaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पिपीलकः pipīlakaḥ	पिपीलकौ / पिपीलका¹ pipīlakau / pipīlakā¹	पिपीलकाः / पिपीलकासः¹ pipīlakāḥ / pipīlakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पिपीलक pipīlaka	पिपीलकौ / पिपीलका¹ pipīlakau / pipīlakā¹	पिपीलकाः / पिपीलकासः¹ pipīlakāḥ / pipīlakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पिपीलकम् pipīlakam	पिपीलकौ / पिपीलका¹ pipīlakau / pipīlakā¹	पिपीलकान् pipīlakān
Instrumental	पिपीलकेन pipīlakena	पिपीलकाभ्याम् pipīlakābhyām	पिपीलकैः / पिपीलकेभिः¹ pipīlakaiḥ / pipīlakebhiḥ¹
Dative	पिपीलकाय pipīlakāya	पिपीलकाभ्याम् pipīlakābhyām	पिपीलकेभ्यः pipīlakebhyaḥ
Ablative	पिपीलकात् pipīlakāt	पिपीलकाभ्याम् pipīlakābhyām	पिपीलकेभ्यः pipīlakebhyaḥ
Genitive	पिपीलकस्य pipīlakasya	पिपीलकयोः pipīlakayoḥ	पिपीलकानाम् pipīlakānām
Locative	पिपीलके pipīlake	पिपीलकयोः pipīlakayoḥ	पिपीलकेषु pipīlakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• पिपीलिका (pipīlikā)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पिपीलक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 627/3.