अलर्क

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

अलर्क (alarka) stemm

  1. mad dog, a dog who has consumed the clarified butter of an oblation
  2. fabulous animal with eight legs
  3. a kind of worm
  4. name of a plant

References

  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “अलर्क”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]