बद्धक

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बद्धक (báddhaka). By surface analysis, बद्ध (baddh) +‎ -क (-ka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bəd̪.d̪ʱək/, [bɐd̪̚.d̪ʱɐk]

Noun

बद्धक • (baddhak) m

1. a prisoner

   Synonyms: क़ैदी (qaidī), बंदी (bandī)

Declension

Declension of बद्धक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बद्धक baddhak	बद्धक baddhak
oblique	बद्धक baddhak	बद्धकों baddhakõ
vocative	बद्धक baddhak	बद्धको baddhako

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बद्धक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• বদ্ধক (Assamese script)
• ᬩᬤ᭄ᬥᬓ (Balinese script)
• বদ্ধক (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰟𑰿𑰠𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ဗဒ္ဓက (Burmese script)
• બદ્ધક (Gujarati script)
• ਬਦੑਧਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦢ꧀ꦣꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂠𑂹𑂡𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಬದ್ಧಕ (Kannada script)
• ពទ្ធក (Khmer script)
• ພທ຺ຘກ (Lao script)
• ബദ്ധക (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᠠᡩᢡᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘟𑘿𑘠𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠠᢑᢑᠾᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑦿𑧠𑧀𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑐡𑑂𑐢𑐎 (Newa script)
• ବଦ୍ଧକ (Odia script)
• ꢨꢣ꣄ꢤꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑆢𑇀𑆣𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖟𑖿𑖠𑖎 (Siddham script)
• බද‍්ධක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲𑩭 𑪙𑩮𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚛𑚶𑚜𑚊 (Takri script)
• ப³த்³த⁴க (Tamil script)
• బద్ధక (Telugu script)
• พทฺธก (Thai script)
• བ་དྡྷ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑒠𑓂𑒡𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑨛𑩇𑨜𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From बद्ध (baddhá, “bound, tied”) +‎ -क (-ka).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɐ́d.dʱɐ.kɐ/, [bɐ́d̚.dʱɐ.kɐ]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐd̪.d̪ʱɐ.kɐ/, [ˈbɐd̪̚.d̪ʱɐ.kɐ]

Noun

बद्धक • (báddhaka) stem, m

1. one who is bound; a prisoner

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:बन्दिन्

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of बद्धक (báddhaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बद्धकः báddhakaḥ	बद्धकौ / बद्धका¹ báddhakau / báddhakā¹	बद्धकाः / बद्धकासः¹ báddhakāḥ / báddhakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	बद्धक báddhaka	बद्धकौ / बद्धका¹ báddhakau / báddhakā¹	बद्धकाः / बद्धकासः¹ báddhakāḥ / báddhakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	बद्धकम् báddhakam	बद्धकौ / बद्धका¹ báddhakau / báddhakā¹	बद्धकान् báddhakān
Instrumental	बद्धकेन báddhakena	बद्धकाभ्याम् báddhakābhyām	बद्धकैः / बद्धकेभिः¹ báddhakaiḥ / báddhakebhiḥ¹
Dative	बद्धकाय báddhakāya	बद्धकाभ्याम् báddhakābhyām	बद्धकेभ्यः báddhakebhyaḥ
Ablative	बद्धकात् báddhakāt	बद्धकाभ्याम् báddhakābhyām	बद्धकेभ्यः báddhakebhyaḥ
Genitive	बद्धकस्य báddhakasya	बद्धकयोः báddhakayoḥ	बद्धकानाम् báddhakānām
Locative	बद्धके báddhake	बद्धकयोः báddhakayoḥ	बद्धकेषु báddhakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “बद्धक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 720, column 3.