# शुल्क
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शुल्क (śulka).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʃʊlk/

### Noun

शुल्क • (śulk) m
* fee, payment, charge
    Synonym: फ़ीस (fīs)
    प्रवेश करने के लिए वहाँ शुल्क चुकाना होगा।praveś karne ke lie vahā̃ śulk cukānā hogā.To enter you will have to pay the fee there.
* customs, tariff, duty
    सीमा-शुल्क ― sīmā-śulk ― border tariff

#### Derived terms

* निःशुल्क (niḥśulk, “free of charge”)
* सशुल्क (saśulk, “paid”)

### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “शुल्क”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “शुल्क”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
* “शुल्क”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “शुल्क”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शुल्क”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* শুল্ক (Assamese script)
* ᬰᬸᬮ᭄ᬓ (Balinese script)
* শুল্ক (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰲𑰩𑰿𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀓 (Brahmi script)
* ၐုလ္က (Burmese script)
* શુલ્ક (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼ੁਲ੍ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑍁𑌲𑍍𑌕 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦸꦭ꧀ꦏ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂳𑂪𑂹𑂍 (Kaithi script)
* ಶುಲ್ಕ (Kannada script)
* ឝុល្ក (Khmer script)
* ຨຸລ຺ກ (Lao script)
* ശുല്ക (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᡠᠯᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘳𑘩𑘿𑘎 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠤᠯᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧔𑧉𑧠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑐸𑐮𑑂𑐎 (Newa script)
* ଶୁଲ୍କ (Odia script)
* ꢯꢸꢭ꣄ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑆶𑆬𑇀𑆑 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖲𑖩𑖿𑖎 (Siddham script)
* ශුල‍්ක (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿𑩒𑩽 𑪙𑩜 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚰𑚥𑚶𑚊 (Takri script)
* ஶுல்க (Tamil script)
* శుల్క (Telugu script)
* ศุลฺก (Thai script)
* ཤུ་ལྐ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑒳𑒪𑓂𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑨃𑨬𑩇𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Of unclear origin. Probably borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil சுங்கம் (cuṅkam, “customs, toll”). The Sanskrit root शुल्क् (śulk, “to pay”) is artificially derived from this word.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕul.kɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɕul̪.kɐ/

### Noun

शुल्क • (śulká) stem, m or n
* price, value, purchase-money
* the prize of a contest
* duty, fee, toll, tax, customs (esp. money levied at ferries, passes, and roads)
    अद्य एव शुल्कं दातव्यं अस्ति।adya eva śulkaṃ dātavyaṃ asti.I am due to pay fees exactly today.
    शिक्षण शुल्क ― śikṣaṇa śulka ― tuition fee
    अधिकोष-शुल्क ― adhikoṣa-śulka ― bank fee
    मार्ग-शुल्क ― mārga-śulka ― toll (literally, “road-fee”)
* dowry, nuptial gift (orig. a price given to parents for the purchase of a bride, but in later times bestowed on the wife as her own property together with the profits of household labor, domestic utensils, ornaments etc.), dower, marriage settlement
* wages of prostitution

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “शुल्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1084/2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 648
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 359-60
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śulká”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press