Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

खडक (khaḍaka) stemn

  1. a bolt or pin

Declension edit

Neuter a-stem declension of खडक (khaḍaka)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative खडकम्
khaḍakam
खडके
khaḍake
खडकानि / खडका¹
khaḍakāni / khaḍakā¹
Vocative खडक
khaḍaka
खडके
khaḍake
खडकानि / खडका¹
khaḍakāni / khaḍakā¹
Accusative खडकम्
khaḍakam
खडके
khaḍake
खडकानि / खडका¹
khaḍakāni / khaḍakā¹
Instrumental खडकेन
khaḍakena
खडकाभ्याम्
khaḍakābhyām
खडकैः / खडकेभिः¹
khaḍakaiḥ / khaḍakebhiḥ¹
Dative खडकाय
khaḍakāya
खडकाभ्याम्
khaḍakābhyām
खडकेभ्यः
khaḍakebhyaḥ
Ablative खडकात्
khaḍakāt
खडकाभ्याम्
khaḍakābhyām
खडकेभ्यः
khaḍakebhyaḥ
Genitive खडकस्य
khaḍakasya
खडकयोः
khaḍakayoḥ
खडकानाम्
khaḍakānām
Locative खडके
khaḍake
खडकयोः
khaḍakayoḥ
खडकेषु
khaḍakeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants edit

  • Hindi: खड़ा (khaṛā, standing upright; erect)

References edit

  • 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]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 443