टङ्कन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• টঙ্কন (Assamese script)
• ᬝᬗ᭄ᬓᬦ (Balinese script)
• টঙ্কন (Bengali script)
• 𑰘𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀝𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဋင်္ကန (Burmese script)
• ટઙ્કન (Gujarati script)
• ਟਙ੍ਕਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌟𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦛꦔ꧀ꦏꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂗𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಟಙ್ಕನ (Kannada script)
• ដង្កន (Khmer script)
• ຏງ຺ກນ (Lao script)
• ടങ്കന (Malayalam script)
• ᢞᠠᢛᡬᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘘𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢌᠠᢊᢉᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦸𑦲𑧠𑦮𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐚𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଟଙ୍କନ (Odia script)
• ꢜꢖ꣄ꢒꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆛𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖘𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ටඞ‍්කන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩦𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚔𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚝 (Takri script)
• டங்கந (Tamil script)
• టఙ్కన (Telugu script)
• ฏงฺกน (Thai script)
• ཊ་ངྐ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒙𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨔𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably a Kulturwort from a western language. The presence of a "borax" meaning on the phonetically similar रङ्ग (raṅga, “color, paint”) suggests "a source language that was neither Dravidian nor (probably) Munda". Related to टगर (ṭagara, “borax”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʈɐŋ.kɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʈɐŋ.kɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

टङ्कन • (ṭaṅkana) stem, m

1. borax

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of टङ्कन (ṭaṅkana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	टङ्कनः ṭaṅkanaḥ	टङ्कनौ / टङ्कना¹ ṭaṅkanau / ṭaṅkanā¹	टङ्कनाः / टङ्कनासः¹ ṭaṅkanāḥ / ṭaṅkanāsaḥ¹
Vocative	टङ्कन ṭaṅkana	टङ्कनौ / टङ्कना¹ ṭaṅkanau / ṭaṅkanā¹	टङ्कनाः / टङ्कनासः¹ ṭaṅkanāḥ / ṭaṅkanāsaḥ¹
Accusative	टङ्कनम् ṭaṅkanam	टङ्कनौ / टङ्कना¹ ṭaṅkanau / ṭaṅkanā¹	टङ्कनान् ṭaṅkanān
Instrumental	टङ्कनेन ṭaṅkanena	टङ्कनाभ्याम् ṭaṅkanābhyām	टङ्कनैः / टङ्कनेभिः¹ ṭaṅkanaiḥ / ṭaṅkanebhiḥ¹
Dative	टङ्कनाय ṭaṅkanāya	टङ्कनाभ्याम् ṭaṅkanābhyām	टङ्कनेभ्यः ṭaṅkanebhyaḥ
Ablative	टङ्कनात् ṭaṅkanāt	टङ्कनाभ्याम् ṭaṅkanābhyām	टङ्कनेभ्यः ṭaṅkanebhyaḥ
Genitive	टङ्कनस्य ṭaṅkanasya	टङ्कनयोः ṭaṅkanayoḥ	टङ्कनानाम् ṭaṅkanānām
Locative	टङ्कने ṭaṅkane	टङ्कनयोः ṭaṅkanayoḥ	टङ्कनेषु ṭaṅkaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “टङ्कन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 429/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 220-1