bālaka

See also: bālākā and bālāka

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀓 (Brahmi script)
  • बालक (Devanagari script)
  • বালক (Bengali script)
  • බාලක (Sinhalese script)
  • ဗာလက or ၿႃလၵ (Burmese script)
  • พาลก or พาละกะ (Thai script)
  • ᨻᩣᩃᨠ (Tai Tham script)
  • ພາລກ or ພາລະກະ (Lao script)
  • ពាលក (Khmer script)
  • 𑄝𑄂𑄣𑄇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit बालक (bālaka) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-)[1][2]). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀅 (bālaa), Paisaci Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀴𑀓 (pāḷaka).

Noun

bālaka m

  1. boy, kid
    Antonym: bālikā

Declension
Declension table of "bālaka" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)bālakobālakā
Accusative (second)bālakaṃbālake
Instrumental (third)bālakenabālakehi or bālakebhi
Dative (fourth)bālakassa or bālakāya or bālakatthaṃbālakānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)bālakasmā or bālakamhā or bālakābālakehi or bālakebhi
Genitive (sixth)bālakassabālakānaṃ
Locative (seventh)bālakasmiṃ or bālakamhi or bālakebālakesu
Vocative (calling)bālakabālakā

References
  1. Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “bālaka”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  2. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bālá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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