कलङ्क

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Related to कलुष (kaluṣa, turbid, foul), with further origin uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil கலங்கு (kalaṅku, to become cloudy), கலுழ் (kaluḻ, to become cloudy), and கலுழி (kaluḻi, puddle), as well as Kannada ಕಲುಹೆ (kaluhe, dirt). An Indo-European origin is possible as well; compare कलुष (kaluṣa) with Middle High German hilwe (fine fog).

Pronunciation

Noun

कलङ्क • (kalaṅka) stem, m

  1. a stain, spot, mark, soil
  2. defamation, blame

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कलङ्क (kalaṅka)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कलङ्कः
kalaṅkaḥ
कलङ्कौ / कलङ्का¹
kalaṅkau / kalaṅkā¹
कलङ्काः / कलङ्कासः¹
kalaṅkāḥ / kalaṅkāsaḥ¹
Vocative कलङ्क
kalaṅka
कलङ्कौ / कलङ्का¹
kalaṅkau / kalaṅkā¹
कलङ्काः / कलङ्कासः¹
kalaṅkāḥ / kalaṅkāsaḥ¹
Accusative कलङ्कम्
kalaṅkam
कलङ्कौ / कलङ्का¹
kalaṅkau / kalaṅkā¹
कलङ्कान्
kalaṅkān
Instrumental कलङ्केन
kalaṅkena
कलङ्काभ्याम्
kalaṅkābhyām
कलङ्कैः / कलङ्केभिः¹
kalaṅkaiḥ / kalaṅkebhiḥ¹
Dative कलङ्काय
kalaṅkāya
कलङ्काभ्याम्
kalaṅkābhyām
कलङ्केभ्यः
kalaṅkebhyaḥ
Ablative कलङ्कात्
kalaṅkāt
कलङ्काभ्याम्
kalaṅkābhyām
कलङ्केभ्यः
kalaṅkebhyaḥ
Genitive कलङ्कस्य
kalaṅkasya
कलङ्कयोः
kalaṅkayoḥ
कलङ्कानाम्
kalaṅkānām
Locative कलङ्के
kalaṅke
कलङ्कयोः
kalaṅkayoḥ
कलङ्केषु
kalaṅkeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “कलङ्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 260/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 70
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 177; 182
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