वृक

• बृक (bŕk)

Borrowed from Sanskrit वृक (vṛka).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɾɪk/

वृक • (vŕk) m

1. a wolf

   Synonym: भेड़िया (bheṛiyā)

Borrowed from Sanskrit वृक (vṛka).

वृक • (vŕk) m

1. a wolf

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वृक”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥kas (“wolf”), from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀 (vəhrka), Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣 (v-r-k /⁠varka⁠/) (whence Persian گرگ (gorg)), Latin lupus, Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos), Lithuanian vilkas, Old Church Slavonic влькъ (vlĭkŭ), Old English ƿulf (whence English wolf). Native grammarians etymologize it as "the tearer" and connect it to root व्रश्च् (vraśc), whence वृक्ण (vṛkṇa).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋŕ̩.kɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋr̩.kɐ/

वृक • (vṛ́ka) stem, m

1. a wolf
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.183.4:

     मा वां॒ वृको॒ मा वृ॒कीरा द॑धर्षी॒न्मा परि॑ वर्क्तमु॒त माति॑ धक्तम् ।
     अ॒यं वां॑ भा॒गो निहि॑त इ॒यं गीर्दस्रा॑वि॒मे वां॑ नि॒धयो॒ मधू॑नाम् ॥

     mā́ vāṃ vṛ́ko mā́ vṛkī́rā́ dadharṣīnmā́ pári varktamutá mā́ti dhaktam.
     ayáṃ vāṃ bhāgó níhita iyáṃ gī́rdásrāvimé vāṃ nidháyo mádhūnām.

     Let not the wolf, let not the she-wolf harm you.
     Forsake me not, nor pass me by or others.

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.42.2:

     यो न॑: पूषन्न॒घो वृको॑ दु॒:शेव॑ आ॒दिदे॑शति ।
     अप॑ स्म॒ तं प॒थो ज॑हि ॥

     yó na: pūṣannaghó vṛ́ko du:śéva ādídeśati.
     ápa sma táṃ pathó jahi.

     Drive, Pūṣan, from our road the wolf, the wicked inauspicious wolf,
     Who lies in wait to injure us.

2. plough
3. thunderbolt
4. moon; sun
5. (botany) a kind of plant (= बक (baka))
6. the resin of Pinus longifolia, now Pinus palustris

• Ashokan Prakrit:
  • Chakma: 𑄤𑄇𑄴 (wāk)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀬 (vaya)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀅 (vaa)
    • Gujarati: વરુ (varu)
    • Kachchi: વરુ (varu)
• Dardic:
  • Shina: उरुक (uruk)
• Pali: vaka
• → Hindi: वृक (vŕk)
• → Marathi: वृक (vŕk)
• → Telugu: వృకము (vr̥kamu)
• → Bengali: বৃক (brik)

वृक • (Vṛ́ka) m

1. name of an Asura
2. name of a son of Krishna
3. name of a king
4. name of a son of Ruruka (or Bharuka)
5. name Prithu
6. name of a son of Shura
7. name of a son of Vatsaka
8. (in the plural) name of a people and a country (belonging to मध्यदेश (madhya-deśa)) (compare वार्केण्य (vārkeṇya))

• वृकी (vṛ́kī)
• वृकोदर (vṛkodara)

• “वृक” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 516.
• Monier Williams (1899) “वृक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1008.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “वृक”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 294
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 700