फिङ्गक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ফিঙ্গক (Assamese script)
ᬨᬶᬗ᭄ᬕᬓ (Balinese script)
ফিঙ্গক (Bengali script)
𑰣𑰰𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀨𑀺𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀓 (Brahmi script)
ဖိင်္ဂက (Burmese script)
ફિઙ્ગક (Gujarati script)
ਫਿਙ੍ਗਕ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌫𑌿𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌕 (Grantha script)
ꦦꦶꦔ꧀ꦒꦏ (Javanese script)
𑂤𑂱𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂍 (Kaithi script)
ಫಿಙ್ಗಕ (Kannada script)
ផិង្គក (Khmer script)
ຜິງ຺ຄກ (Lao script)
ഫിങ്ഗക (Malayalam script)
ᡦᡳᢛᡤᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘣𑘱𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘎 (Modi script)
ᠹᠢᢊᠺᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧃𑧒𑦲𑧠𑦰𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
𑐦𑐶𑐒𑑂𑐐𑐎 (Newa script)
ଫିଙ୍ଗକ (Odia script)
ꢧꢶꢖ꣄ꢔꢒ (Saurashtra script)
𑆦𑆴𑆕𑇀𑆓𑆑 (Sharada script)
𑖣𑖰𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖎 (Siddham script)
ඵිඞ‍්ගක (Sinhalese script)
𑩱𑩑𑩠 𑪙𑩞𑩜 (Soyombo script)
𑚟𑚮𑚎𑚶𑚌𑚊 (Takri script)
பி²ங்க³க (Tamil script)
ఫిఙ్గక (Telugu script)
ผิงฺคก (Thai script)
ཕི་ངྒ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
𑒤𑒱𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
𑨟𑨁𑨏𑩇𑨍𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Traditionally analyzed as diminutive of *फिङ्ग (*phiṅga), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (“chaffinch”). Compare Ancient Greek σπίγγος (spíngos, “chaffinch”), Russian пе́нка (pénka, “wren”), Welsh pinc (“finch”), German Fink, Old English finċ (English finch).^[1]

Mayrhofer doubts the etymological relatedness to the above terms and analyzes as *फिङ्ग् (*phiṅg, “to make a 'phiṅg' sound”) +‎ -अक (-aka).^[2] In any case ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pʰiŋ.ɡɐ.kɐ/

Noun

फिङ्गक • (phiṅgaka) stem, m

species of shrike; a small fork-tailed bird (L.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of फिङ्गक
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	फिङ्गकः (phiṅgakaḥ)	फिङ्गकौ (phiṅgakau)	फिङ्गकाः (phiṅgakāḥ)
accusative	फिङ्गकम् (phiṅgakam)	फिङ्गकौ (phiṅgakau)	फिङ्गकान् (phiṅgakān)
instrumental	फिङ्गकेन (phiṅgakena)	फिङ्गकाभ्याम् (phiṅgakābhyām)	फिङ्गकैः (phiṅgakaiḥ)
dative	फिङ्गकाय (phiṅgakāya)	फिङ्गकाभ्याम् (phiṅgakābhyām)	फिङ्गकेभ्यः (phiṅgakebhyaḥ)
ablative	फिङ्गकात् (phiṅgakāt)	फिङ्गकाभ्याम् (phiṅgakābhyām)	फिङ्गकेभ्यः (phiṅgakebhyaḥ)
genitive	फिङ्गकस्य (phiṅgakasya)	फिङ्गकयोः (phiṅgakayoḥ)	फिङ्गकानाम् (phiṅgakānām)
locative	फिङ्गके (phiṅgake)	फिङ्गकयोः (phiṅgakayoḥ)	फिङ्गकेषु (phiṅgakeṣu)
vocative	फिङ्गक (phiṅgaka)	फिङ्गकौ (phiṅgakau)	फिङ्गकाः (phiṅgakāḥ)

Descendants

Assamese: ফিঙা (phiṅa)
Hindi: फिंगा (phiṅgā)

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 999
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 349

Monier Williams (1899), “फिङ्गक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 718, column 2.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “phiṅgaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 510

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 999

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 349

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