तक्र
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- তক্ৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬓ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- তক্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰎𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀓𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- တကြ (Burmese script)
- તક્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਤਕ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌕𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦏꦿ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂍𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ತಕ್ರ (Kannada script)
- តក្រ (Khmer script)
- ຕກ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- തക്ര (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠠᡬᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘎𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᢉᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑦮𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐎𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- ତକ୍ର (Odia script)
- ꢡꢒ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆑𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖎𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- තක්ර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩜 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚊𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
- தக்ர (Tamil script)
- తక్ర (Telugu script)
- ตกฺร (Thai script)
- ཏ་ཀྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒏𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨋𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *tákram, from Proto-Indo-European *ténkl̥- (“buttermilk; the acridity of buttermilk”), from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to thicken, be solid”). Cognate with Persian تلخ (talx, “bitter”), Icelandic þél (“buttermilk”), as well as the root तञ्च् (tañc, “to contract, coagulate”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /tɐ́k.ɾɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t̪ɐk.ɾɐ/
Noun
तक्र॑ • (tákra) stem, n
- buttermilk mixed with (a third part of) water
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | त॒क्रम् (takrám) | त॒क्रे (takré) | त॒क्राणि॑ (takrā́ṇi) त॒क्रा¹ (takrā́¹) |
| accusative | त॒क्रम् (takrám) | त॒क्रे (takré) | त॒क्राणि॑ (takrā́ṇi) त॒क्रा¹ (takrā́¹) |
| instrumental | त॒क्रेण॑ (takréṇa) | त॒क्राभ्या॑म् (takrā́bhyām) | त॒क्रैः (takráiḥ) त॒क्रेभिः॑¹ (takrébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | त॒क्राय॑ (takrā́ya) | त॒क्राभ्या॑म् (takrā́bhyām) | त॒क्रेभ्यः॑ (takrébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | त॒क्रात् (takrā́t) | त॒क्राभ्या॑म् (takrā́bhyām) | त॒क्रेभ्यः॑ (takrébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | त॒क्रस्य॑ (takrásya) | त॒क्रयोः॑ (takráyoḥ) | त॒क्राणा॑म् (takrā́ṇām) |
| locative | त॒क्रे (takré) | त॒क्रयोः॑ (takráyoḥ) | त॒क्रेषु॑ (takréṣu) |
| vocative | तक्र॑ (tákra) | तक्रे॑ (tákre) | तक्रा॑णि (tákrāṇi) तक्रा॑¹ (tákrā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “तक्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 431/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 611-2
- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers