पौष्कर

Sanskrit

Etymology

From पुष्कर (puṣkara).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɑːwʂ.kɐ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑwʂ.kɐ.ɾɐ/

Adjective

पौष्कर • (pauṣkara) stem

1. relating to the blue lotus

Declension

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Descendants

• Pali: pokkhara
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭 (pŏkkhara)
  • Central:
    • Hindustani: pokhar, pokhrā
      • Hindi: पोखर, पोखरा
      • Urdu: پوکھَر, پوکھرا
  • Eastern:
    • Assamese: পুখুৰী (pukhuri)
    • Old Bengali: পুখুর (pukhur)
      • Bengali: পুকুর (pukur)
    • Bihari: पोखर (pokhar), पोखरा (pŏkhrā)
      • Bhojpuri: पोखरा (pōkhᵊrā), पोखरी (pōkhᵊrī)
      • Maithili: पोखर (pōkhar), पोखरी (pōkhᵊrī)
    • Odia: ପୋଖରୀ (pokhari)
  • Northern:
    • Kumaoni: पोखर (pokhar), प्वोखर (pʷokhar)
    • Nepali: पोखरि (pokhari)
  • Northwestern:
    • Punjabi: pokhar

      Gurmukhi script: ਪੋਖਰ

      Shahmukhi script: پوکھَر

  • Southern:
    • Marathi: पोखर (pokhar)
    • Sinhalese: පොකුර (pokura)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “पौष्कर”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pauṣkara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press