बालक

See also: बेलुका, बोलके, and बल्कि

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit बालक (bālaka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bɑː.lək/, [bäː.lɐk]

Noun

बालक • (bālak) m (Urdu spelling بالک)

1. child, boy, lad
2. infant, youngling

Declension

Declension of बालक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बालक bālak	बालक bālak
oblique	बालक bālak	बालकों bālakõ
vocative	बालक bālak	बालको bālako

Synonyms

• (boy): बच्चा (baccā), लड़का (laṛkā)
• (baby): शिशु (śiśu)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• bālaka (Latin script)
• 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• বালক (Bengali script)
• බාලක (Sinhalese script)
• ဗာလက or ၿႃလၵ (Burmese script)
• พาลก or พาละกะ (Thai script)
• ᨻᩣᩃᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ພາລກ or ພາລະກະ (Lao script)
• ពាលក (Khmer script)
• 𑄝𑄂𑄣𑄇 (Chakma script)

Noun

बालक m

1. Devanagari script form of bālaka

Declension

Declension table of "बालक" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	बालको (bālako)	बालका (bālakā)
Accusative (second)	बालकं (bālakaṃ)	बालके (bālake)
Instrumental (third)	बालकेन (bālakena)	बालकेहि (bālakehi) or बालकेभि (bālakebhi)
Dative (fourth)	बालकस्स (bālakassa) or बालकाय (bālakāya) or बालकत्थं (bālakatthaṃ)	बालकानं (bālakānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	बालकस्मा (bālakasmā) or बालकम्हा (bālakamhā) or बालका (bālakā)	बालकेहि (bālakehi) or बालकेभि (bālakebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	बालकस्स (bālakassa)	बालकानं (bālakānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	बालकस्मिं (bālakasmiṃ) or बालकम्हि (bālakamhi) or बालके (bālake)	बालकेसु (bālakesu)
Vocative (calling)	बालक (bālaka)	बालका (bālakā)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• বালক (Assamese script)
• ᬩᬵᬮᬓ (Balinese script)
• বালক (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰯𑰩𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ဗာလက (Burmese script)
• બાલક (Gujarati script)
• ਬਾਲਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑌾𑌲𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦴꦭꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂰𑂪𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಬಾಲಕ (Kannada script)
• ពាលក (Khmer script)
• ພາລກ (Lao script)
• ബാലക (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘰𑘩𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠠᢗᠯᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑧑𑧉𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑐵𑐮𑐎 (Newa script)
• ବାଲକ (Odia script)
• ꢨꢵꢭꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑆳𑆬𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖯𑖩𑖎 (Siddham script)
• බාලක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲𑩛𑩽𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚭𑚥𑚊 (Takri script)
• ப³ாலக (Tamil script)
• బాలక (Telugu script)
• พาลก (Thai script)
• བཱ་ལ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑒰𑒪𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑨊𑨬𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From बाल (bāla) +‎ -क (-ka, diminutive suffix).

Noun

बालक • (bālaka) stem, m

1. child, boy, youth
2. (law) minor
3. the young of an animal
4. a young elephant aged five years old
5. fool, simpleton
6. a kind of fish

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of बालक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	बालकः (bālakaḥ)	बालकौ (bālakau) बालका¹ (bālakā¹)	बालकाः (bālakāḥ) बालकासः¹ (bālakāsaḥ¹)
accusative	बालकम् (bālakam)	बालकौ (bālakau) बालका¹ (bālakā¹)	बालकान् (bālakān)
instrumental	बालकेन (bālakena)	बालकाभ्याम् (bālakābhyām)	बालकैः (bālakaiḥ) बालकेभिः¹ (bālakebhiḥ¹)
dative	बालकाय (bālakāya)	बालकाभ्याम् (bālakābhyām)	बालकेभ्यः (bālakebhyaḥ)
ablative	बालकात् (bālakāt)	बालकाभ्याम् (bālakābhyām)	बालकेभ्यः (bālakebhyaḥ)
genitive	बालकस्य (bālakasya)	बालकयोः (bālakayoḥ)	बालकानाम् (bālakānām)
locative	बालके (bālake)	बालकयोः (bālakayoḥ)	बालकेषु (bālakeṣu)
vocative	बालक (bālaka)	बालकौ (bālakau) बालका¹ (bālakā¹)	बालकाः (bālakāḥ) बालकासः¹ (bālakāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀅 (bālaa)
• Paisaci Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀴𑀓 (pāḷaka)
• Pali: bālaka
• → Bengali: বালক (balok)
• → Gujarati: બાળક (bāḷka)
• → Hindi: बालक (bālak)
• → Marathi: बालक (bālak)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਬਾਲਕ (bālak)

  Shahmukhi script: بالَک (bālak)

• → Tamil: பாலகன் (pālakaṉ)
• ⇒ Telugu: బాలకుండు (bālakuṇḍu), బాలకుడు (bālakuḍu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “बालक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0729.