तावत्क

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• तावतिक (tāvatika)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তাৱত্ক (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬵᬯᬢ᭄ᬓ (Balinese script)
• তাবত্ক (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰯𑰪𑰝𑰿𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀸𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• တာဝတ္က (Burmese script)
• તાવત્ક (Gujarati script)
• ਤਾਵਤ੍ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦴꦮꦠ꧀ꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂰𑂫𑂞𑂹𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ತಾವತ್ಕ (Kannada script)
• តាវត្ក (Khmer script)
• ຕາວຕ຺ກ (Lao script)
• താവത്ക (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠠᢠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘰𑘪𑘝𑘿𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢗᠸᠠᢐᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧑𑧊𑦽𑧠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐵𑐰𑐟𑑂𑐎 (Newa script)
• ତାଵତ୍କ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢵꢮꢡ꣄ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆳𑆮𑆠𑇀𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖯𑖪𑖝𑖿𑖎 (Siddham script)
• තාවත‍්ක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩛𑩾𑩫 𑪙𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚭𑚦𑚙𑚶𑚊 (Takri script)
• தாவத்க (Tamil script)
• తావత్క (Telugu script)
• ตาวตฺก (Thai script)
• ཏཱ་ཝ་ཏྐ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒰𑒫𑒞𑓂𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨊𑨭𑨙𑩇𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From तावत् (tāvat) +‎ -क (-ka).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɑ́ː.ʋɐt.kɐ/, [tɑ́ː.ʋɐt̚.kɐ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑːˈʋɐt̪.kɐ/, [t̪ɑːˈʋɐt̪̚.kɐ]

Adverb

तावत्क • (tā́vatka)

1. bought for so much, worth so much

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit:
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀢𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*tavakka), *𑀢𑀸𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*tāvakka)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: तक (tak)

      Urdu: تک (tak)

• → Kannada: ತನಕ (tanaka) (semi-learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तावत्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 445/3.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “तावत्क”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan