बद्धक

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बद्धक (báddhaka). By surface analysis, बद्ध (baddh) +‎ -क (-ka).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bəd̪.d̪ʱək/,

Noun

बद्धक • (baddhak) m

a prisoner
Synonyms: क़ैदी (qaidī), बंदी (bandī)

Declension

Declension of बद्धक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बद्धक baddhak	बद्धक baddhak
oblique	बद्धक baddhak	बद्धकों baddhakõ
vocative	बद्धक baddhak	बद्धको baddhako

Further reading

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बद्धक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

বদ্ধক (Assamese script)
ᬩᬤ᭄ᬥᬓ (Balinese script)
বদ্ধক (Bengali script)
𑰤𑰟𑰿𑰠𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀩𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀓 (Brahmi script)
ဗဒ္ဓက (Burmese script)
બદ્ધક (Gujarati script)
ਬਦ੍ਧਕ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌬𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌕 (Grantha script)
ꦧꦢ꧀ꦣꦏ (Javanese script)
𑂥𑂠𑂹𑂡𑂍 (Kaithi script)
ಬದ್ಧಕ (Kannada script)
ពទ្ធក (Khmer script)
ພທ຺ຘກ (Lao script)
ബദ്ധക (Malayalam script)
ᠪᠠᡩᢡᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘤𑘟𑘿𑘠𑘎 (Modi script)
ᠪᠠᢑᢑᠾᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧄𑦿𑧠𑧀𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
𑐧𑐡𑑂𑐢𑐎 (Newa script)
ବଦ୍ଧକ (Odia script)
ꢨꢣ꣄ꢤꢒ (Saurashtra script)
𑆧𑆢𑇀𑆣𑆑 (Sharada script)
𑖤𑖟𑖿𑖠𑖎 (Siddham script)
බද‍්ධක (Sinhalese script)
𑩲𑩭 𑪙𑩮𑩜 (Soyombo script)
𑚠𑚛𑚶𑚜𑚊 (Takri script)
ப³த்³த⁴க (Tamil script)
బద్ధక (Telugu script)
พทฺธก (Thai script)
བ་དྡྷ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
𑒥𑒠𑓂𑒡𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
𑨠𑨛𑩇𑨜𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From बद्ध (baddhá, “bound, tied”) +‎ -क (-ka).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɐ́d.dʱɐ.kɐ/,
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐd̪.d̪ʱɐ.kɐ/,

Noun

बद्धक • (báddhaka) stem, m

one who is bound; a prisoner
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:बन्दिन्

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of बद्धक (báddhaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बद्धकः báddhakaḥ	बद्धकौ / बद्धका¹ báddhakau / báddhakā¹	बद्धकाः / बद्धकासः¹ báddhakāḥ / báddhakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	बद्धक báddhaka	बद्धकौ / बद्धका¹ báddhakau / báddhakā¹	बद्धकाः / बद्धकासः¹ báddhakāḥ / báddhakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	बद्धकम् báddhakam	बद्धकौ / बद्धका¹ báddhakau / báddhakā¹	बद्धकान् báddhakān
Instrumental	बद्धकेन báddhakena	बद्धकाभ्याम् báddhakābhyām	बद्धकैः / बद्धकेभिः¹ báddhakaiḥ / báddhakebhiḥ¹
Dative	बद्धकाय báddhakāya	बद्धकाभ्याम् báddhakābhyām	बद्धकेभ्यः báddhakebhyaḥ
Ablative	बद्धकात् báddhakāt	बद्धकाभ्याम् báddhakābhyām	बद्धकेभ्यः báddhakebhyaḥ
Genitive	बद्धकस्य báddhakasya	बद्धकयोः báddhakayoḥ	बद्धकानाम् báddhakānām
Locative	बद्धके báddhake	बद्धकयोः báddhakayoḥ	बद्धकेषु báddhakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899) “बद्धक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 720, column 3.

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