# पताका
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पताका (patākā).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pə.t̪ɑː.kɑː/, [pɐ.t̪äː.käː]

### Noun

पताका • (patākā) f (Urdu spelling پتاکا)
* banner; flag
    Synonyms: ध्वज (dhvaj), ध्वजा (dhvajā), झंडा (jhaṇḍā)
    राष्ट्रीय पताका ― rāṣṭrīya patākā ― national flag

#### Declension
### Further reading

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पताका”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “पताका”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पताका (patākā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pə.t̪a.ka/

### Noun

पताका • (patākā) m
* flag, banner
    Synonyms: झेंडा (jheṇḍā), ध्वज (dhvaj)

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “पताका”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पताका”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “पताका”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* patākā (Latin script)
* 𑀧𑀢𑀸𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* পতাকা (Bengali script)
* පතාකා (Sinhalese script)
* ပတာကာ or ပတႃၵႃ (Burmese script)
* ปตากา or ปะตากา (Thai script)
* ᨷᨲᩣᨠᩣ (Tai Tham script)
* ປຕາກາ or ປະຕາກາ (Lao script)
* បតាកា (Khmer script)
* 𑄛𑄖𑄂𑄇𑄂 (Chakma script)

### Noun

पताका f
* Devanagari script form of patākā

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* पताक (patāka)

### Alternative scripts

* পতাকা (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬢᬵᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
* পতাকা (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰝𑰯𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀢𑀸𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ပတာကာ (Burmese script)
* પતાકા (Gujarati script)
* ਪਤਾਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌤𑌾𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦠꦴꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂞𑂰𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಪತಾಕಾ (Kannada script)
* បតាកា (Khmer script)
* ປຕາກາ (Lao script)
* പതാകാ (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᠠᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘝𑘰𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠠᢐᠠᢗᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑦽𑧑𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐟𑐵𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
* ପତାକା (Odia script)
* ꢦꢡꢵꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆠𑆳𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖝𑖯𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
* පතාකා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩫𑩛𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚙𑚭𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
* பதாகா (Tamil script)
* పతాకా (Telugu script)
* ปตากา (Thai script)
* པ་ཏཱ་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒞𑒰𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨙𑨊𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from the root पत् (pat, “to fly, fall”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɐ.tɑː.kɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /pɐˈt̪ɑː.kɑː/

### Noun

पताका • (patākā) stem, f
* flag, banner

#### Descendants

* Assamese: পতাকা (potaka)
* Bengali: পতাকা (potaka), পাতাকা (pataka)
* Hindi: पताक (patāk), पताका (patākā)
* Indonesian: pataka
* Konkani: पताका (patākā)
* Marathi: पताका (patākā)
* Nepali: पताका (patākā)
* Odia: ପତକା (patakā), ପତାକା (patākā)
* Old Javanese: patāka
** > Javanese: ꦥꦠꦏ (pataka) (inherited)
* Pali: patākā
* Tamil: படாகை (paṭākai), பதாகை (patākai)
* Telugu: పతాక (patāka)
* Malayalam: പതാക (patāka)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “पताका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 581, column 1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 73
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “patākā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.