दुम्बक

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dewmbʰ- (penis, tail, rod), and related to Persian دنب (donb, tail).

Pronunciation

Noun

दुम्बक (dumbaka) stemm

  1. the thick-tailed sheep

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of दुम्बक (dumbaka)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative दुम्बकः
dumbakaḥ
दुम्बकौ / दुम्बका¹
dumbakau / dumbakā¹
दुम्बकाः / दुम्बकासः¹
dumbakāḥ / dumbakāsaḥ¹
Vocative दुम्बक
dumbaka
दुम्बकौ / दुम्बका¹
dumbakau / dumbakā¹
दुम्बकाः / दुम्बकासः¹
dumbakāḥ / dumbakāsaḥ¹
Accusative दुम्बकम्
dumbakam
दुम्बकौ / दुम्बका¹
dumbakau / dumbakā¹
दुम्बकान्
dumbakān
Instrumental दुम्बकेन
dumbakena
दुम्बकाभ्याम्
dumbakābhyām
दुम्बकैः / दुम्बकेभिः¹
dumbakaiḥ / dumbakebhiḥ¹
Dative दुम्बकाय
dumbakāya
दुम्बकाभ्याम्
dumbakābhyām
दुम्बकेभ्यः
dumbakebhyaḥ
Ablative दुम्बकात्
dumbakāt
दुम्बकाभ्याम्
dumbakābhyām
दुम्बकेभ्यः
dumbakebhyaḥ
Genitive दुम्बकस्य
dumbakasya
दुम्बकयोः
dumbakayoḥ
दुम्बकानाम्
dumbakānām
Locative दुम्बके
dumbake
दुम्बकयोः
dumbakayoḥ
दुम्बकेषु
dumbakeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “दुम्बक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 484/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 267
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dumbaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 479