ढक्का

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ঢক্কা (Assamese script)
• ᬠᬓ᭄ᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• ঢক্কা (Bengali script)
• 𑰛𑰎𑰿𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀠𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဎက္ကာ (Burmese script)
• ઢક્કા (Gujarati script)
• ਢਕ੍ਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌢𑌕𑍍𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦞꦏ꧀ꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂛𑂍𑂹𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಢಕ್ಕಾ (Kannada script)
• ឍក្កា (Khmer script)
• ຒກ຺ກາ (Lao script)
• ഢക്കാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢟᠠᡬᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘛𑘎𑘿𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢎᠾᠠᢉᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦻𑦮𑧠𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐝𑐎𑑂𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଢକ୍କା (Odia script)
• ꢟꢒ꣄ꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆞𑆑𑇀𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖛𑖎𑖿𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ඪක‍්කා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩩𑩜 𑪙𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚗𑚊𑚶𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• ட⁴க்கா (Tamil script)
• ఢక్కా (Telugu script)
• ฒกฺกา (Thai script)
• ཌྷ་ཀྐཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒜𑒏𑓂𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨗𑨋𑩇𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɖʱɐk.kɑː/, [ɖʱɐk̚.kɑː]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɖʱɐk.kɑː/, [ˈɖʱɐk̚.kɑː]

Noun

ढक्का • (ḍhakkā) stem, ?

1. A large or double drum
2. coveting
3. disappearance

Descendants

• Punjabi: ḍhāk

  Gurmukhi script: ਢਾਕ

  Shahmukhi script: ڈھاک

• Sindhi: ḍhāka

  Arabic script: ڍاڪَ

  Devanagari script: ढाक

• → Tamil: அடக்கம் (aṭakkam)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “ढक्का”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]