मेनका
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- মেনকা (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬾᬦᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
- মেনকা (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰡𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀦𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- မေနကာ (Burmese script)
- મેનકા (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਨਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌨𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦺꦤꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂵𑂢𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೇನಕಾ (Kannada script)
- មេនកា (Khmer script)
- ເມນກາ (Lao script)
- മേനകാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡝᠨᠠᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘡𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᠨᠠᢉᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑧁𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐣𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
- ମେନକା (Odia script)
- ꢪꢾꢥꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆤𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖡𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
- මෙනකා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩔𑩯𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚲𑚝𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
- மேநகா (Tamil script)
- మేనకా (Telugu script)
- เมนกา (Thai script)
- མེ་ན་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒢𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨄𑨝𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
मेनका • (menakā) stem, ?
- of the wife of Himālaya
Proper noun[edit]
मेनका • (menakā) stem, m
- Menaka (an apsara and the mother of Shakuntala in the play Shakuntalam)
Descendants[edit]
- → Bhojpuri: मेनका (mēnᵊkā)
- → English: Menaka, Meñaka, Meñaca, Menaca
- → Hindi: मेनका (menkā)
- → Marathi: मेनका (menkā)
References[edit]
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “मेनका”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]