खडक

Of uncertain origin. Turner connects the word with खद् (khad, “to be steady, be hard”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ.ɖɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ.ɖɐ.kɐ/

खडक • (khaḍaka) stem, n

1. a bolt or pin

• Central:
  • Hindustani: khaṛā
    • Devanagari script: खड़ा
    • Arabic script: کھَڑا
    • → Nepali: खडा (khaḍā)
• Eastern:
  • Bengali: খাড়া (khaṛa)
  • Odia: ଖାଡ଼ା (khāṛā)
• Northern:
  • Bhadrawahi: खड़ो (khaṛo)
  • Pangwali: खड़ा (khaṛā)
• Northwestern:
  • Punjabi: khaṛā

    Gurmukhi script: ਖੜਾ

    Shahmukhi script: کھَڑا

  • Sindhi: khaṛo

    Arabic script: کَڙو

    Devanagari script: खड़ो

• Southern:
  • Marathi: खडा (khaḍā)
• Western:
  • Gujarati: ખડું (khaḍũ)
  • Marwari: खड़ो (khaṛo)

• Monier Williams (1899) “खडक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 335/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 443
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khaḍaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press