"पुङ्ख" meaning in Sanskrit

See पुङ्ख in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /puŋ.kʰɐ/ [Vedic], /puŋ.kʰɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: Unknown. Mayrhofer points out Tamil புழுகு (puḻuku, “arrow-head”) and Santali [script needed] (phõk, “the notch of an arrow for receiving the bow-string”), but makes no certain claims about borrowing. Etymology templates: {{unk|sa}} Unknown, {{ncog|ta|புழுகு|t=arrow-head}} Tamil புழுகு (puḻuku, “arrow-head”), {{ncog|sat|t=the notch of an arrow for receiving the bow-string|tr=phõk}} Santali [script needed] (phõk, “the notch of an arrow for receiving the bow-string”) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m}} पुङ्ख • (puṅkha) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m}} Forms: puṅkha [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], पुङ्खः [nominative, singular], पुङ्खौ [dual, nominative], पुङ्खा1 [dual, nominative], पुङ्खाः [nominative, plural], पुङ्खासः1 [nominative, plural], पुङ्ख [singular, vocative], पुङ्खौ [dual, vocative], पुङ्खा1 [dual, vocative], पुङ्खाः [plural, vocative], पुङ्खासः1 [plural, vocative], पुङ्खम् [accusative, singular], पुङ्खौ [accusative, dual], पुङ्खा1 [accusative, dual], पुङ्खान् [accusative, plural], पुङ्खेन [instrumental, singular], पुङ्खाभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], पुङ्खैः [instrumental, plural], पुङ्खेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], पुङ्खाय [dative, singular], पुङ्खाभ्याम् [dative, dual], पुङ्खेभ्यः [dative, plural], पुङ्खात् [ablative, singular], पुङ्खाभ्याम् [ablative, dual], पुङ्खेभ्यः [ablative, plural], पुङ्खस्य [genitive, singular], पुङ्खयोः [dual, genitive], पुङ्खानाम् [genitive, plural], पुङ्खे [locative, singular], पुङ्खयोः [dual, locative], पुङ्खेषु [locative, plural]
  1. the shaft or feathered part of an arrow (which comes in contact with the bowstring)
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "singular"
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      "form": "पुङ्खेषु",
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        "plural"
      ]
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          "text": "c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata"
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive"
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      "form": "पुङ्खानाम्",
      "roman": "puṅkhānām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पुङ्खे",
      "roman": "puṅkhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पुङ्खयोः",
      "roman": "puṅkhayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "पुङ्खेषु",
      "roman": "puṅkheṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "पुङ्ख • (puṅkha) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for native script for Santali terms",
        "Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
        "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
        "Sanskrit lemmas",
        "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Sanskrit masculine nouns",
        "Sanskrit nouns",
        "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
        "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Sanskrit terms with unknown etymologies"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the shaft or feathered part of an arrow (which comes in contact with the bowstring)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shaft",
          "shaft"
        ],
        [
          "feathered",
          "feathered"
        ],
        [
          "arrow",
          "arrow"
        ],
        [
          "bowstring",
          "bowstring"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/puŋ.kʰɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puŋ.kʰɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "पुङ्ख"
}

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