पतङ्ग

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• पतंग (pataṅgá)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

पतम् (patam) +‎ ग (ga), from पत् (pat, “to fall; to fly”). The variety in forms of the descendants (some with aspirated labial or retroflexion) probably suggests substrate influence, according to Turner.

Adjective

पतङ्ग • (pataṅga) stem (root पत्)

1. flying

Declension

Noun

पतङ्ग • (pataṅga) stem, m (root पत्)

1. Denotes various flying objects:
   1. a bird
   2. the sun
   3. a moth, locust, or grasshopper
   4. a bee
   5. a ball for playing with
   6. a spark
   7. a devil
   8. quicksilver
   9. a horse
2. a species of rice
3. a kind of sandalwood

Declension

Descendants

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पतङ्ग”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 72-73
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pataṅgá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Monier Williams (1899) “पतङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 581.