द्रावक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

দ্ৰাৱক (Assamese script)
ᬤ᭄ᬭᬵᬯᬓ (Balinese script)
দ্রাবক (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰪𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀯𑀓 (Brahmi script)
ဒြာဝက (Burmese script)
દ્રાવક (Gujarati script)
ਦ੍ਰਾਵਕ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌵𑌕 (Grantha script)
ꦢꦿꦴꦮꦏ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂫𑂍 (Kaithi script)
ದ್ರಾವಕ (Kannada script)
ទ្រាវក (Khmer script)
ທ຺ຣາວກ (Lao script)
ദ്രാവക (Malayalam script)
ᡩᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘪𑘎 (Modi script)
ᢑᠷᠠᢗᠸᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑧠𑧈𑧑𑧊𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐰𑐎 (Newa script)
ଦ୍ରାଵକ (Odia script)
ꢣ꣄ꢬꢵꢮꢒ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆮𑆑 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖪𑖎 (Siddham script)
ද්‍රාවක (Sinhalese script)
𑩭 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑩾𑩜 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚦𑚊 (Takri script)
த்³ராவக (Tamil script)
ద్రావక (Telugu script)
ทฺราวก (Thai script)
དྲཱ་ཝ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒫𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨭𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɾɑː.ʋɐ.kɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɾɑː.ʋɐ.kɐ/

Noun

द्रावक • (drāvaka) stem, ?

attracting, captivating
Solvent
Liquefying

Descendants

→ Hindi: द्रावक (drāvak)
→ Malayalam: ദ്രാവകം (drāvakaṁ)
→ Tamil: திராவகம் (tirāvakam)

Further reading

Apte, Macdonell (2022) “द्रावक”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]

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