अर्क

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From अर्च् (arc, “to shine, praise”).

Pronunciation

Noun

अर्क • (arká) stem, m

  1. a ray, flash of lightning
  2. the sun
    Synonyms: सूर्य (sūrya), सवितृ (savitṛ), आदित्य (āditya), दिवाकर (divākara), रवि (ravi)
  3. (by extension) the number 'twelve'
  4. Sunday
  5. fire
  6. crystal
  7. the penis
  8. praise, hymn, song
  9. one who praises, a singer
  10. a learned man
  11. giant milk weed, (gigantic) swallow-wort (Calotropis gigantea, syn. Asclepias gigantea)
    Synonyms: अर्कपर्ण (arkaparṇa), आदित्य (āditya)
  12. copper

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अर्क (arká)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अर्कः
arkáḥ 		अर्कौ / अर्का¹
arkaú / arkā́¹ 		अर्काः / अर्कासः¹
arkā́ḥ / arkā́saḥ¹
Vocative अर्क
árka 		अर्कौ / अर्का¹
árkau / árkā¹ 		अर्काः / अर्कासः¹
árkāḥ / árkāsaḥ¹
Accusative अर्कम्
arkám 		अर्कौ / अर्का¹
arkaú / arkā́¹ 		अर्कान्
arkā́n
Instrumental अर्केण
arkéṇa 		अर्काभ्याम्
arkā́bhyām 		अर्कैः / अर्केभिः¹
arkaíḥ / arkébhiḥ¹
Dative अर्काय
arkā́ya 		अर्काभ्याम्
arkā́bhyām 		अर्केभ्यः
arkébhyaḥ
Ablative अर्कात्
arkā́t 		अर्काभ्याम्
arkā́bhyām 		अर्केभ्यः
arkébhyaḥ
Genitive अर्कस्य
arkásya 		अर्कयोः
arkáyoḥ 		अर्काणाम्
arkā́ṇām
Locative अर्के
arké 		अर्कयोः
arkáyoḥ 		अर्केषु
arkéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਅੱਕ (akka)
    Shahmukhi script: اکّ (akk)
  • → Tamil: அருக்கன் (arukkaṉ)
  • → Tocharian B: ārk

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “অর্ক”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, pages 207–8
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