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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চটক (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬝᬓ (Balinese script)
- চটক (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰘𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀝𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- စဋက (Burmese script)
- ચટક (Gujarati script)
- ਚਟਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌟𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦛꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂗𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಟಕ (Kannada script)
- ចដក (Khmer script)
- ຈຏກ (Lao script)
- ചടക (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠᢞᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘘𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᢌᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑦸𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐚𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଚଟକ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢜꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆛𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖘𑖎 (Siddham script)
- චටක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩦𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚔𑚊 (Takri script)
- சடக (Tamil script)
- చటక (Telugu script)
- จฏก (Thai script)
- ཙ་ཊ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒙𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨔𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
A compound of चट (caṭa) + -क (-ka, “doer”), with the first element probably being an imitation of the sounds made by the bird.
Pronunciation
Noun
चटक • (caṭaka) stem, m
- a sparrow
Declension
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “चटक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 382/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “саñāсā- - caṭaka-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 176
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “caṭaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 248