दिक्करिन्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দিক্কৰিন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬶᬓ᭄ᬓᬭᬶᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- দিক্করিন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰰𑰎𑰿𑰎𑰨𑰰𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀭𑀺𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဒိက္ကရိန် (Burmese script)
- દિક્કરિન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਦਿਕ੍ਕਰਿਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌕𑌰𑌿𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦶꦏ꧀ꦏꦫꦶꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂱𑂍𑂹𑂍𑂩𑂱𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ದಿಕ್ಕರಿೝ (Kannada script)
- ទិក្ករិន៑ (Khmer script)
- ທິກ຺ກຣິນ຺ (Lao script)
- ദിക്കരിന് (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᡳᡬᡬᠠᡵᡳᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘱𑘎𑘿𑘎𑘨𑘱𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠢᢉᢉᠠᠷᠢᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧒𑦮𑧠𑦮𑧈𑧒𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐶𑐎𑑂𑐎𑐬𑐶𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଦିକ୍କରିନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢣꢶꢒ꣄ꢒꢬꢶꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆴𑆑𑇀𑆑𑆫𑆴𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖰𑖎𑖿𑖎𑖨𑖰𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- දික්කරින් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩑𑩜 𑪙𑩜𑩼𑩑𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚮𑚊𑚶𑚊𑚤𑚮𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- தி³க்கரிந் (Tamil script)
- దిక్కరిౝ (Telugu script)
- ทิกฺกรินฺ (Thai script)
- དི་ཀྐ་རི་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒱𑒏𑓂𑒏𑒩𑒱𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨁𑨋𑩇𑨋𑨫𑨁𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of दिक् (dik) + करिन् (karin), literally “elephant of the quarter”.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dik.kɐ.ɾin/, [dik̚.kɐ.ɾin]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪ik.kɐ.ɾin̪/, [d̪ik̚.kɐ.ɾin̪]
Noun
दिक्करिन् • (dikkarin) stem, m [1]
- one of the mythical elephants which stand in the four or eight quarters of the sky and support the earth
- Synonym: महागज (mahāgaja)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | दिक्करी (dikkarī) | दिक्करिणौ (dikkariṇau) दिक्करिणा¹ (dikkariṇā¹) |
दिक्करिणः (dikkariṇaḥ) |
| accusative | दिक्करिणम् (dikkariṇam) | दिक्करिणौ (dikkariṇau) दिक्करिणा¹ (dikkariṇā¹) |
दिक्करिणः (dikkariṇaḥ) |
| instrumental | दिक्करिणा (dikkariṇā) | दिक्करिभ्याम् (dikkaribhyām) | दिक्करिभिः (dikkaribhiḥ) |
| dative | दिक्करिणे (dikkariṇe) | दिक्करिभ्याम् (dikkaribhyām) | दिक्करिभ्यः (dikkaribhyaḥ) |
| ablative | दिक्करिणः (dikkariṇaḥ) | दिक्करिभ्याम् (dikkaribhyām) | दिक्करिभ्यः (dikkaribhyaḥ) |
| genitive | दिक्करिणः (dikkariṇaḥ) | दिक्करिणोः (dikkariṇoḥ) | दिक्करिणाम् (dikkariṇām) |
| locative | दिक्करिणि (dikkariṇi) | दिक्करिणोः (dikkariṇoḥ) | दिक्करिषु (dikkariṣu) |
| vocative | दिक्करिन् (dikkarin) | दिक्करिणौ (dikkariṇau) दिक्करिणा¹ (dikkariṇā¹) |
दिक्करिणः (dikkariṇaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “दिक्करिन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 479.