नाणक
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নাণক (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬵᬡᬓ (Balinese script)
- নাণক (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰯𑰜𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀸𑀡𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- နာဏက (Burmese script)
- નાણક (Gujarati script)
- ਨਾਣਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌾𑌣𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦴꦟꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂰𑂝𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ನಾಣಕ (Kannada script)
- នាណក (Khmer script)
- ນາຓກ (Lao script)
- നാണക (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠ᠊ᠠᢏᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘰𑘜𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠᢗᢏᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧑𑦼𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐵𑐞𑐎 (Newa script)
- ନାଣକ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢵꢠꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆳𑆟𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖯𑖜𑖎 (Siddham script)
- නාණක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩛𑩪𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚭𑚘𑚊 (Takri script)
- நாணக (Tamil script)
- నాణక (Telugu script)
- นาณก (Thai script)
- ནཱ་ཎ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒰𑒝𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨊𑨘𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of unclear origin. Perhaps borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil நாணயம் (nāṇayam, “coin; honesty”). Alternatively, the Dravidian is borrowed from Sanskrit, and the word is from Prakrit [script needed] (nāṇa-), from Vedic Sanskrit ज्ञान (jñāna, “knowledge”), with a semantic shift from "knowledge" > "proof of acknowledgement" > "coin".
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /nɑː.ɳɐ.kɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪ɑː.ɳɐ.kɐ/
Noun
नाणक • (nāṇaka) stem, n
- a coin or anything stamped with an impression
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | नाणकम् (nāṇakam) | नाणके (nāṇake) | नाणकानि (nāṇakāni) नाणका¹ (nāṇakā¹) |
| accusative | नाणकम् (nāṇakam) | नाणके (nāṇake) | नाणकानि (nāṇakāni) नाणका¹ (nāṇakā¹) |
| instrumental | नाणकेन (nāṇakena) | नाणकाभ्याम् (nāṇakābhyām) | नाणकैः (nāṇakaiḥ) नाणकेभिः¹ (nāṇakebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | नाणकाय (nāṇakāya) | नाणकाभ्याम् (nāṇakābhyām) | नाणकेभ्यः (nāṇakebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | नाणकात् (nāṇakāt) | नाणकाभ्याम् (nāṇakābhyām) | नाणकेभ्यः (nāṇakebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | नाणकस्य (nāṇakasya) | नाणकयोः (nāṇakayoḥ) | नाणकानाम् (nāṇakānām) |
| locative | नाणके (nāṇake) | नाणकयोः (nāṇakayoḥ) | नाणकेषु (nāṇakeṣu) |
| vocative | नाणक (nāṇaka) | नाणके (nāṇake) | नाणकानि (nāṇakāni) नाणका¹ (nāṇakā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Marathi: नाणे (nāṇe)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “नाणक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0534/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 287
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 151