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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɾɑː.ʋɐ.kɐ/

Noun

द्रावक • (drāvaka) stem, ?

1. attracting, captivating
2. Solvent
3. 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]