फेनक
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ফেনক (Assamese script)
- ᬨᬾᬦᬓ (Balinese script)
- ফেনক (Bengali script)
- 𑰣𑰸𑰡𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀨𑁂𑀦𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ဖေနက (Burmese script)
- ફેનક (Gujarati script)
- ਫੇਨਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌫𑍇𑌨𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦦꦺꦤꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂤𑂵𑂢𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಫೇನಕ (Kannada script)
- ផេនក (Khmer script)
- ເຜນກ (Lao script)
- ഫേനക (Malayalam script)
- ᡦᡝᠨᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘣𑘹𑘡𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠹᠧᠨᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧃𑧚𑧁𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐦𑐾𑐣𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଫେନକ (Odia script)
- ꢧꢾꢥꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆦𑆼𑆤𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖣𑖸𑖡𑖎 (Siddham script)
- ඵෙනක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩱𑩔𑩯𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚟𑚲𑚝𑚊 (Takri script)
- பே²நக (Tamil script)
- ఫేనక (Telugu script)
- เผนก (Thai script)
- ཕེ་ན་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒤𑒹𑒢𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨟𑨄𑨝𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From फेन (phena, “foam, lather”) + -क (-ka).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pʰɐj.nɐ.kɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pʰeː.n̪ɐ.kɐ/
Noun
फेनक • (phenaka) stem, m
- a lathering substance; a soap-like substance that gives lather with water
- c. 200 CE – 300 CE, Vātsyāyana, Kāma Sūtra 1.4.6:
- नित्यं स्नानं ।
द्वितीयकम् उत्सादनम् ।
तृतीयकः फेनकः ।
चतुर्थकम् आयुष्यम् ।
पञ्चमकं दशमकं वा प्रत्यायुष्यं इत्य् अहीनम् ।
सातत्याच् च संवृतकक्षास्वेदापनोदः ॥- nityaṃ snānaṃ.
dvitīyakam utsādanam.
tṛtīyakaḥ phenakaḥ.
caturthakam āyuṣyam.
pañcamakaṃ daśamakaṃ vā pratyāyuṣyaṃ ity ahīnam.
sātatyāc ca saṃvṛtakakṣāsvedāpanodaḥ.
- Translation by Richard Francis Burton
- He should bathe daily, anoint his body with oil every other day, apply a lathering substance to his body every three days, get his head (including face) shaved every four days and the other parts of his body every five or ten days.
- nityaṃ snānaṃ.
- नित्यं स्नानं ।
- (New Sanskrit) soap
- 1993, Bhāratī[1], volume 44, page 31:
- फेनकेन वस्त्रं प्रक्षालयति ।
- phenakena vastraṃ prakṣālayati.
- He washes the clothes by the soap.
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | फेनकः (phenakaḥ) | फेनकौ (phenakau) फेनका¹ (phenakā¹) |
फेनकाः (phenakāḥ) फेनकासः¹ (phenakāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | फेनकम् (phenakam) | फेनकौ (phenakau) फेनका¹ (phenakā¹) |
फेनकान् (phenakān) |
| instrumental | फेनकेन (phenakena) | फेनकाभ्याम् (phenakābhyām) | फेनकैः (phenakaiḥ) फेनकेभिः¹ (phenakebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | फेनकाय (phenakāya) | फेनकाभ्याम् (phenakābhyām) | फेनकेभ्यः (phenakebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | फेनकात् (phenakāt) | फेनकाभ्याम् (phenakābhyām) | फेनकेभ्यः (phenakebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | फेनकस्य (phenakasya) | फेनकयोः (phenakayoḥ) | फेनकानाम् (phenakānām) |
| locative | फेनके (phenake) | फेनकयोः (phenakayoḥ) | फेनकेषु (phenakeṣu) |
| vocative | फेनक (phenaka) | फेनकौ (phenakau) फेनका¹ (phenakā¹) |
फेनकाः (phenakāḥ) फेनकासः¹ (phenakāsaḥ¹) |
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