पर्यङ्क

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

Of uncertain origin. Often taken as परि (pari, around, about) +‎ अङ्कस् (aṅkas, bend, curve). However, Mayrhofer suggests that this may be a folk etymology, and that the word was borrowed from a foreign language, perhaps Dravidian or Elamite.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka) stemm

  1. a bed, couch, sofa
  2. a palanquin

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पर्यङ्कः
paryaṅkaḥ
पर्यङ्कौ / पर्यङ्का¹
paryaṅkau / paryaṅkā¹
पर्यङ्काः / पर्यङ्कासः¹
paryaṅkāḥ / paryaṅkāsaḥ¹
Vocative पर्यङ्क
paryaṅka
पर्यङ्कौ / पर्यङ्का¹
paryaṅkau / paryaṅkā¹
पर्यङ्काः / पर्यङ्कासः¹
paryaṅkāḥ / paryaṅkāsaḥ¹
Accusative पर्यङ्कम्
paryaṅkam
पर्यङ्कौ / पर्यङ्का¹
paryaṅkau / paryaṅkā¹
पर्यङ्कान्
paryaṅkān
Instrumental पर्यङ्केण
paryaṅkeṇa
पर्यङ्काभ्याम्
paryaṅkābhyām
पर्यङ्कैः / पर्यङ्केभिः¹
paryaṅkaiḥ / paryaṅkebhiḥ¹
Dative पर्यङ्काय
paryaṅkāya
पर्यङ्काभ्याम्
paryaṅkābhyām
पर्यङ्केभ्यः
paryaṅkebhyaḥ
Ablative पर्यङ्कात्
paryaṅkāt
पर्यङ्काभ्याम्
paryaṅkābhyām
पर्यङ्केभ्यः
paryaṅkebhyaḥ
Genitive पर्यङ्कस्य
paryaṅkasya
पर्यङ्कयोः
paryaṅkayoḥ
पर्यङ्काणाम्
paryaṅkāṇām
Locative पर्यङ्के
paryaṅke
पर्यङ्कयोः
paryaṅkayoḥ
पर्यङ्केषु
paryaṅkeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “पर्यङ्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0607, column 1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 98
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 226-227