टङ्क

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʈɐŋ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʈɐŋ.kɐ/

Apparently a Kulturwort of unclear ultimate origin; compare Bashkir тәңкә (təñkə, “ruble, silver coin”), and see there for more.^[1]

टङ्क • (ṭaṅka) stem, m

1. a stamped coin
2. a weight (=4 mâshâs)^[2]

Of unclear origin.^[3] Older theories, such as Pisani's suggestion of a relation to Latin truncus (“tree trunk; lopped, maimed”), are phonetically unconvincing.^[4]

टङ्क • (ṭaṅka) stem, m or n

1. a spade, hoe, hatchet, mattock, stonecutter's chisel
2. a peak or crag shaped like the edge of a hatchet, edge or declivity of a hill

Of unclear origin.^[5] A borrowing from Munda has been suggested by Kuiper and Kirfel (note similarities to the Austroasiatic word for "leg", as represented by Vietnamese chân (“leg, foot”)), though Mayrhofer finds this theory unconvincing.^[6]

टङ्क • (ṭaṅka) stem, m or n

1. leg

Of unclear origin, perhaps borrowed from a substrate that was absorbed by Dardic languages.^[7]

टङ्क • (ṭaṅka) stem, m

1. elephant apple (the fruit of Feronia elephantum)

टङ्क • (ṭaṅka) stem, m

1. borax
2. pride
3. a sword
4. a scabbard
5. wrath
6. (music) a kind of measure
7. name of a caste or people

• → Kannada: ಟಂಕೆ (ṭaṅke)
• → Malayalam: തങ്കം (taṅkaṁ), ടങ്കം (ṭaṅkaṁ)
• → Tamil: தங்கம் (taṅkam), டங்கம் (ṭaṅkam)
• → Burmese: ဒင်္ဂါး (dangga:)

• Monier Williams (1899) “टङ्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 429/2.
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “टङ्क”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]