मेनका

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • মেনকা (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬾᬦᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
  • মেনকা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰸𑰡𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑁂𑀦𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • မေနကာ (Burmese script)
  • મેનકા (Gujarati script)
  • ਮੇਨਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑍇𑌨𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦺꦤꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂵𑂢𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮೇನಕಾ (Kannada script)
  • មេនកា (Khmer script)
  • ເມນກາ (Lao script)
  • മേനകാ (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᡝᠨᠠᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘹𑘡𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠧᠨᠠᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑧚𑧁𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐾𑐣𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
  • ମେନକା (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢾꢥꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆼𑆤𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖸𑖡𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • මෙනකා (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴𑩔𑩯𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚲𑚝𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
  • மேநகா (Tamil script)
  • మేనకా (Telugu script)
  • เมนกา (Thai script)
  • མེ་ན་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒹𑒢𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨄𑨝𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

मेनका • (menakā) stem, ?

  1. of the wife of Himālaya

Proper noun

मेनका • (menakā) stem, m

  1. Menaka (an apsara and the mother of Shakuntala in the play Shakuntalam)

Descendants
  • → Bhojpuri: मेनका (mēnᵊkā)
  • → English: Menaka, Meñaka, Meñaca, Menaca
  • → Hindi: मेनका (menkā)
  • → Marathi: मेनका (menkā)

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