टङ्कन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

টঙ্কন (Assamese script)
ᬝᬗ᭄ᬓᬦ (Balinese script)
টঙ্কন (Bengali script)
𑰘𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀝𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀦 (Brahmi script)
ဋင်္ကန (Burmese script)
ટઙ્કન (Gujarati script)
ਟਙ੍ਕਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌟𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦛꦔ꧀ꦏꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂗𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ಟಙ್ಕನ (Kannada script)
ដង្កន (Khmer script)
ຏງ຺ກນ (Lao script)
ടങ്കന (Malayalam script)
ᢞᠠᢛᡬᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘘𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘡 (Modi script)
ᢌᠠᢊᢉᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦸𑦲𑧠𑦮𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐚𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐣 (Newa script)
ଟଙ୍କନ (Odia script)
ꢜꢖ꣄ꢒꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆛𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖘𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖡 (Siddham script)
ටඞ‍්කන (Sinhalese script)
𑩦𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚔𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚝 (Takri script)
டங்கந (Tamil script)
టఙ్కన (Telugu script)
ฏงฺกน (Thai script)
ཊ་ངྐ་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒙𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨔𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably a Kulturwort from a western language. The presence of a "borax" meaning on the phonetically similar रङ्ग (raṅga, “color, paint”) suggests "a source language that was neither Dravidian nor (probably) Munda". Related to टगर (ṭagara, “borax”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʈɐŋ.kɐ.nɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʈɐŋ.kɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

टङ्कन • (ṭaṅkana) stem, m

borax

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of टङ्कन (ṭaṅkana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	टङ्कनः ṭaṅkanaḥ	टङ्कनौ / टङ्कना¹ ṭaṅkanau / ṭaṅkanā¹	टङ्कनाः / टङ्कनासः¹ ṭaṅkanāḥ / ṭaṅkanāsaḥ¹
Vocative	टङ्कन ṭaṅkana	टङ्कनौ / टङ्कना¹ ṭaṅkanau / ṭaṅkanā¹	टङ्कनाः / टङ्कनासः¹ ṭaṅkanāḥ / ṭaṅkanāsaḥ¹
Accusative	टङ्कनम् ṭaṅkanam	टङ्कनौ / टङ्कना¹ ṭaṅkanau / ṭaṅkanā¹	टङ्कनान् ṭaṅkanān
Instrumental	टङ्कनेन ṭaṅkanena	टङ्कनाभ्याम् ṭaṅkanābhyām	टङ्कनैः / टङ्कनेभिः¹ ṭaṅkanaiḥ / ṭaṅkanebhiḥ¹
Dative	टङ्कनाय ṭaṅkanāya	टङ्कनाभ्याम् ṭaṅkanābhyām	टङ्कनेभ्यः ṭaṅkanebhyaḥ
Ablative	टङ्कनात् ṭaṅkanāt	टङ्कनाभ्याम् ṭaṅkanābhyām	टङ्कनेभ्यः ṭaṅkanebhyaḥ
Genitive	टङ्कनस्य ṭaṅkanasya	टङ्कनयोः ṭaṅkanayoḥ	टङ्कनानाम् ṭaṅkanānām
Locative	टङ्कने ṭaṅkane	टङ्कनयोः ṭaṅkanayoḥ	टङ्कनेषु ṭaṅkaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “टङ्कन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 429/3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 220-1