तण्डक

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• তণ্ডক (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬡ᭄ᬟᬓ (Balinese script)
• তণ্ডক (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰜𑰿𑰚𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• တဏ္ဍက (Burmese script)
• તણ્ડક (Gujarati script)
• ਤਣ੍ਡਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦟ꧀ꦝꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂝𑂹𑂙𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ತಣ್ಡಕ (Kannada script)
• តណ្ឌក (Khmer script)
• ຕຓ຺ຑກ (Lao script)
• തണ്ഡക (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠᢏᡷᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘜𑘿𑘚𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢏᢎᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑦼𑧠𑦺𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐞𑑂𑐜𑐎 (Newa script)
• ତଣ୍ଡକ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢠ꣄ꢞꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆟𑇀𑆝𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖜𑖿𑖚𑖎 (Siddham script)
• තණ‍්ඩක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩪 𑪙𑩨𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚊 (Takri script)
• தண்ட³க (Tamil script)
• తణ్డక (Telugu script)
• ตณฺฑก (Thai script)
• ཏ་ཎྜ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒝𑓂𑒛𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨘𑩇𑨖𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dravidian, Malayalam തണ്ട് (taṇṭŭ, “stick, club”).

Noun

तण्डक • (taṇḍaka) stem, ?

1. the trunk of a tree

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

तण्डक • (taṇḍaka) stem, ?

1. A juggler, a cheat
2. Froth, foam
3. A wag-tail
4. Complete performance or preparation
5. Decoration
6. The upright post of a house
7. A composition abounding

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तण्डक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0005.
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “तण्डकः”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]