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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- শলক (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬮᬓ (Balinese script)
- শলক (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰩𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀮𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ၐလက (Burmese script)
- શલક (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਲਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌲𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦭꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂪𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಲಕ (Kannada script)
- ឝលក (Khmer script)
- ຨລກ (Lao script)
- ശലക (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᠯᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘩𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᠯᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧉𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐮𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଶଲକ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢭꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆬𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖩𑖎 (Siddham script)
- ශලක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩽𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚥𑚊 (Takri script)
- ஶலக (Tamil script)
- శలక (Telugu script)
- ศลก (Thai script)
- ཤ་ལ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒪𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨬𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Kannada ಸೆಲದಿ (seladi) and Telugu సాలీడు (sālīḍu).
Pronunciation
Noun
शलक • (śalaka) stem, ?
- spider
- bird
References
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “शलकः”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]