बकुल
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- वकुल (vakula)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- বকুল (Assamese script)
- ᬩᬓᬸᬮ (Balinese script)
- বকুল (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰎𑰲𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑀓𑀼𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- ဗကုလ (Burmese script)
- બકુલ (Gujarati script)
- ਬਕੁਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌬𑌕𑍁𑌲 (Grantha script)
- ꦧꦏꦸꦭ (Javanese script)
- 𑂥𑂍𑂳𑂪 (Kaithi script)
- ಬಕುಲ (Kannada script)
- ពកុល (Khmer script)
- ພກຸລ (Lao script)
- ബകുല (Malayalam script)
- ᠪᠠᡬᡠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘤𑘎𑘳𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠠᢉᠤᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧄𑦮𑧔𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑐎𑐸𑐮 (Newa script)
- ବକୁଲ (Odia script)
- ꢨꢒꢸꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑆑𑆶𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖎𑖲𑖩 (Siddham script)
- බකුල (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩲𑩜𑩒𑩽 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚠𑚊𑚰𑚥 (Takri script)
- ப³குல (Tamil script)
- బకుల (Telugu script)
- พกุล (Thai script)
- བ་ཀུ་ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑒏𑒳𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨠𑨋𑨃𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Possibly from the same source as Telugu పొగడ (pogaḍa). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /bɐ.ku.l̪ɐ/
Noun
बकुल • (bakula) stem, m
- (botany) a kind of tree, Mimusops elengi (said to put forth blossoms when sprinkled with nectar from the mouth of lovely women) (MBh., Kāv. &c.)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | बकुलः (bakulaḥ) | बकुलौ (bakulau) | बकुलाः (bakulāḥ) |
| accusative | बकुलम् (bakulam) | बकुलौ (bakulau) | बकुलान् (bakulān) |
| instrumental | बकुलेन (bakulena) | बकुलाभ्याम् (bakulābhyām) | बकुलैः (bakulaiḥ) |
| dative | बकुलाय (bakulāya) | बकुलाभ्याम् (bakulābhyām) | बकुलेभ्यः (bakulebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | बकुलात् (bakulāt) | बकुलाभ्याम् (bakulābhyām) | बकुलेभ्यः (bakulebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | बकुलस्य (bakulasya) | बकुलयोः (bakulayoḥ) | बकुलानाम् (bakulānām) |
| locative | बकुले (bakule) | बकुलयोः (bakulayoḥ) | बकुलेषु (bakuleṣu) |
| vocative | बकुल (bakula) | बकुलौ (bakulau) | बकुलाः (bakulāḥ) |
Derived terms
- बाकुल (bākula, “pertaining to the tree Mimusops elengi”)
Descendants
- Pali: bakula, vakula
- Prakrit: 𑀩𑀉𑀮 (baüla)
Noun
बकुल • (bakula) stem, n
- the fragrant flower of Mimusops elengi
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | बकुलम् (bakulam) | बकुले (bakule) | बकुलानि (bakulāni) |
| accusative | बकुलम् (bakulam) | बकुले (bakule) | बकुलानि (bakulāni) |
| instrumental | बकुलेन (bakulena) | बकुलाभ्याम् (bakulābhyām) | बकुलैः (bakulaiḥ) |
| dative | बकुलाय (bakulāya) | बकुलाभ्याम् (bakulābhyām) | बकुलेभ्यः (bakulebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | बकुलात् (bakulāt) | बकुलाभ्याम् (bakulābhyām) | बकुलेभ्यः (bakulebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | बकुलस्य (bakulasya) | बकुलयोः (bakulayoḥ) | बकुलानाम् (bakulānām) |
| locative | बकुले (bakule) | बकुलयोः (bakulayoḥ) | बकुलेषु (bakuleṣu) |
| vocative | बकुल (bakula) | बकुले (bakule) | बकुलानि (bakulāni) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “बकुल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 719, column 2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 352
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bakula”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 514
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “bakula”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.