शुल्क

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शुल्क (śulka).

Pronunciation

Noun

शुल्क (śulkm

  1. fee, payment, charge
    Synonym: फ़ीस (fīs)
    प्रवेश करने के लिए वहाँ शुल्क चुकाना होगा
    praveś karne ke lie vahā̃ śulk cukānā hogā.
    To enter you will have to pay the fee there.
  2. customs, tariff, duty
    सीमा-शुल्कsīmā-śulkborder tariff

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

Of unclear origin. Probably borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil சுங்கம் (cuṅkam, customs, toll). The Sanskrit root शुल्क् (śulk, to pay) is artificially derived from this word.

Pronunciation

Noun

शुल्क (śulká) stemm or n

  1. price, value, purchase-money
  2. the prize of a contest
  3. duty, fee, toll, tax, customs (esp. money levied at ferries, passes, and roads)
    अद्य एव शुल्कं दातव्यं अस्ति।
    adya eva śulkaṃ dātavyaṃ asti.
    I am due to pay fees exactly today.
    शिक्षण शुल्कśikṣaṇa śulkatuition fee
    अधिकोष-शुल्कadhikoṣa-śulkabank fee
    मार्ग-शुल्कmārga-śulkatoll (literally, “road-fee”)
  4. dowry, nuptial gift (orig. a price given to parents for the purchase of a bride, but in later times bestowed on the wife as her own property together with the profits of household labor, domestic utensils, ornaments etc.), dower, marriage settlement
  5. wages of prostitution

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शुल्क
Nom. sg. शुल्कः (śulkaḥ)
Gen. sg. शुल्कस्य (śulkasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शुल्कः (śulkaḥ) शुल्कौ (śulkau) शुल्काः (śulkāḥ)
Vocative शुल्क (śulka) शुल्कौ (śulkau) शुल्काः (śulkāḥ)
Accusative शुल्कम् (śulkam) शुल्कौ (śulkau) शुल्कान् (śulkān)
Instrumental शुल्केन (śulkena) शुल्काभ्याम् (śulkābhyām) शुल्कैः (śulkaiḥ)
Dative शुल्काय (śulkāya) शुल्काभ्याम् (śulkābhyām) शुल्केभ्यः (śulkebhyaḥ)
Ablative शुल्कात् (śulkāt) शुल्काभ्याम् (śulkābhyām) शुल्केभ्यः (śulkebhyaḥ)
Genitive शुल्कस्य (śulkasya) शुल्कयोः (śulkayoḥ) शुल्कानाम् (śulkānām)
Locative शुल्के (śulke) शुल्कयोः (śulkayoḥ) शुल्केषु (śulkeṣu)
Neuter a-stem declension of शुल्क
Nom. sg. शुल्कम् (śulkam)
Gen. sg. शुल्कस्य (śulkasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शुल्कम् (śulkam) शुल्के (śulke) शुल्कानि (śulkāni)
Vocative शुल्क (śulka) शुल्के (śulke) शुल्कानि (śulkāni)
Accusative शुल्कम् (śulkam) शुल्के (śulke) शुल्कानि (śulkāni)
Instrumental शुल्केन (śulkena) शुल्काभ्याम् (śulkābhyām) शुल्कैः (śulkaiḥ)
Dative शुल्काय (śulkāya) शुल्काभ्याम् (śulkābhyām) शुल्केभ्यः (śulkebhyaḥ)
Ablative शुल्कात् (śulkāt) शुल्काभ्याम् (śulkābhyām) शुल्केभ्यः (śulkebhyaḥ)
Genitive शुल्कस्य (śulkasya) शुल्कयोः (śulkayoḥ) शुल्कानाम् (śulkānām)
Locative शुल्के (śulke) शुल्कयोः (śulkayoḥ) शुल्केषु (śulkeṣu)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “शुल्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1084/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 648
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 359-60
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śulká”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press