मण्डूक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

মণ্ডূক (Assamese script)
ᬫᬡ᭄ᬟᬹᬓ (Balinese script)
মণ্ডূক (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰜𑰿𑰚𑰳𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀽𑀓 (Brahmi script)
မဏ္ဍူက (Burmese script)
મણ્ડૂક (Gujarati script)
ਮਣ੍ਡੂਕ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌣𑍍𑌡𑍂𑌕 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦟ꧀ꦝꦹꦏ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂝𑂹𑂙𑂴𑂍 (Kaithi script)
ಮಣ್ಡೂಕ (Kannada script)
មណ្ឌូក (Khmer script)
ມຓ຺ຑູກ (Lao script)
മണ്ഡൂക (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᢏᡷᡠᡠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘜𑘿𑘚𑘴𑘎 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᢏᢎᠤᠤᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑦼𑧠𑦺𑧕𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐞𑑂𑐜𑐹𑐎 (Newa script)
ମଣ୍ଡୂକ (Odia script)
ꢪꢠ꣄ꢞꢹꢒ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆟𑇀𑆝𑆷𑆑 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖜𑖿𑖚𑖳𑖎 (Siddham script)
මණ‍්ඩූක (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩪 𑪙𑩨𑩒𑩛𑩜 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚱𑚊 (Takri script)
மண்டூ³க (Tamil script)
మణ్డూక (Telugu script)
มณฺฑูก (Thai script)
མ་ཎྜཱུ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒝𑓂𑒛𑒴𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨘𑩇𑨖𑨃𑨊𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably a substrate borrowing, as evidenced by many variants; possibly related to मण्डल (maṇḍala) and मण्ड (maṇḍa) and/or influenced by taboo.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐɳ.ɖúː.kɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐɳ.ɖuː.kɐ/

Noun

म॒ण्डूक॑ • (maṇḍū́ka) stem, m ^[1]

frog

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of म॒ण्डूक॑
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	म॒ण्डूकः॑ (maṇḍū́kaḥ)	म॒ण्डूकौ॑ (maṇḍū́kau) म॒ण्डूका॑¹ (maṇḍū́kā¹)	म॒ण्डूकाः॑ (maṇḍū́kāḥ) म॒ण्डूका॑सः¹ (maṇḍū́kāsaḥ¹)
accusative	म॒ण्डूक॑म् (maṇḍū́kam)	म॒ण्डूकौ॑ (maṇḍū́kau) म॒ण्डूका॑¹ (maṇḍū́kā¹)	म॒ण्डूका॑न् (maṇḍū́kān)
instrumental	म॒ण्डूके॑न (maṇḍū́kena)	म॒ण्डूका॑भ्याम् (maṇḍū́kābhyām)	म॒ण्डूकैः॑ (maṇḍū́kaiḥ) म॒ण्डूके॑भिः¹ (maṇḍū́kebhiḥ¹)
dative	म॒ण्डूका॑य (maṇḍū́kāya)	म॒ण्डूका॑भ्याम् (maṇḍū́kābhyām)	म॒ण्डूके॑भ्यः (maṇḍū́kebhyaḥ)
ablative	म॒ण्डूका॑त् (maṇḍū́kāt)	म॒ण्डूका॑भ्याम् (maṇḍū́kābhyām)	म॒ण्डूके॑भ्यः (maṇḍū́kebhyaḥ)
genitive	म॒ण्डूक॑स्य (maṇḍū́kasya)	म॒ण्डूक॑योः (maṇḍū́kayoḥ)	म॒ण्डूका॑नाम् (maṇḍū́kānām)
locative	म॒ण्डूके॑ (maṇḍū́ke)	म॒ण्डूक॑योः (maṇḍū́kayoḥ)	म॒ण्डूके॑षु (maṇḍū́keṣu)
vocative	मण्डू॑क (máṇḍūka)	मण्डू॑कौ (máṇḍūkau) मण्डू॑का¹ (máṇḍūkā¹)	मण्डू॑काः (máṇḍūkāḥ) मण्डू॑कासः¹ (máṇḍūkāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Inherited or from *मण्डुक्क (*maṇḍukka)

Dardic:
- Kashmiric:
  - Kashmiri: مۄنٛڈُکھ (mọnḍukh), مٲن (mạ̄n)
- Shinaic:
  - Kalkoti: minaák
Pali: maṇḍūka
Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀟𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓 (maṃḍukka), 𑀫𑀁𑀟𑀽𑀓 (maṃḍūka), 𑀫𑀁𑀟𑀽𑀅 (maṃḍūa), 𑀫𑀁𑀟𑀼𑀓 (maṃḍuka), 𑀫𑀁𑀟𑀼𑀕 (maṃḍuga)
- Central Indo-Aryan:
  - Hindustani:
    - Hindi: मेंढक (meṇḍhak)
    - Urdu: مینڈک (meṇḍak)
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  - Odia: ମଣ୍ଡୁକ (maṇḍuka)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  - Punjabi: ਮੇਡਕ (meḍak)
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
  - Konkani: [script needed] (māṇḍūk)
    - → Portuguese: manduco
  - Old Marathi: 𑘤𑘹𑘚𑘳𑘎 (beḍuka)
    - Marathi: बेडूक (beḍūk)
- Western Indo-Aryan:
  - Gujarati: મેંડક (meṇḍak), મેડક (meḍak)

From *मट्रक्क (*maṭrakka)

Dardic:
- Shinaic:
  - Palula: مٹروک (maṭróok)

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “maṇḍū́ka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 559

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “maṇḍū́ka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 559

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