नक्तम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

নক্তম্ (Assamese script)
ᬦᬓ᭄ᬢᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
নক্তম্ (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
နက္တမ် (Burmese script)
નક્તમ્ (Gujarati script)
ਨਕ੍ਤਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦏ꧀ꦠꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂍𑂹𑂞𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ನಕ್ತಮ್ (Kannada script)
នក្តម៑ (Khmer script)
ນກ຺ຕມ຺ (Lao script)
നക്തമ് (Malayalam script)
ᠨᠠᡬᢠᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠨᠠᢉᢐᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑦮𑧠𑦽𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
ନକ୍ତମ୍ (Odia script)
ꢥꢒ꣄ꢡꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆑𑇀𑆠𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
නක‍්තම් (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩜 𑪙𑩫𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
நக்தம் (Tamil script)
నక్తమ్ (Telugu script)
นกฺตมฺ (Thai script)
ན་ཀྟ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒏𑓂𑒞𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨋𑩇𑨙𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of नक्त् (nákt, “night”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́k.tɐm/, [nɐ́k̚.tɐm]
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐk.t̪ɐm/, [n̪ɐk̚.t̪ɐm]

Adverb

नक्त॑म् • (náktam)

by night

Descendants

Pali: nattaṃ

References

Monier Williams (1899), “नक्तम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 524, column 1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “nákt-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 2-3