# केतक
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* কেতক (Assamese script)
* ᬓᬾᬢᬓ (Balinese script)
* কেতক (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰸𑰝𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑁂𑀢𑀓 (Brahmi script)
* ကေတက (Burmese script)
* કેતક (Gujarati script)
* ਕੇਤਕ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑍇𑌤𑌕 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦺꦠꦏ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂵𑂞𑂍 (Kaithi script)
* ಕೇತಕ (Kannada script)
* កេតក (Khmer script)
* ເກຕກ (Lao script)
* കേതക (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᡝᢠᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘹𑘝𑘎 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠧᢐᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧚𑦽𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑐾𑐟𑐎 (Newa script)
* କେତକ (Odia script)
* ꢒꢾꢡꢒ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆼𑆠𑆑 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖸𑖝𑖎 (Siddham script)
* කෙතක (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩔𑩫𑩜 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚲𑚙𑚊 (Takri script)
* கேதக (Tamil script)
* కేతక (Telugu script)
* เกตก (Thai script)
* ཀེ་ཏ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒹𑒞𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨄𑨙𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kɐj.tɐ.kɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkeː.t̪ɐ.kɐ/

### Noun

केतक • (ketaka) stem, m
* screw pine (Pandanus fascicularis or odoratissimus) (MBh., R., Megh. etc.)
** 8th c., Bhavabhuti, Uttararāmacarita (Rama's Last Act), Prelude to act III:
    किसलयमिव मुग्धं बन्धनाद्विप्रलूनम् । हृदय कुसुम शोषी दारुणो दीर्घ शोकः ग्लपयति परिपाण्डु क्षाममस्याः शरीरं । शरदि ज इव धर्मः केतकी गर्भ पत्रं ॥kisalayam iva mugdhaṃ bandhanād vipralūnam / ḥrdaya kusuma śoṣī dāruṇo dīrgha śokaḥ glapayati paripāṇḍu kṣāmam asyāḥ śarīraṃ / śaradi ja iva dharmaḥ ketakī garbha patram.Like a tender bud sheared off from its stem / her pallid and haggard body has been withered by long hard grief parching her heart’s flower / like autumn heat a leaf in a ketaki bud.

#### Descendants

* Pali: ketaka, ketakī f
* Prakrit: 𑀓𑁂𑀅𑀕 (keaga), 𑀓𑁂𑀅𑀬 (keaya), 𑀓𑁂𑀅𑀕𑀻 f (keagī)
** Helu Prakrit:
*** Dhivehi: ކަށިކެޔޮ (kaṣikeyo)
*** Sinhalese: කේ (kē)
** Magadhi Prakrit:
*** Bengali: কেয়া (keẏa)
*** Odia: କିଆ (kiā)
** →? Middle Persian: [script needed] (gytyk /⁠gēdīg⁠/)
*** Persian: گیدی (gidi), کیدی (kidi), کادی (kâdi), کدر (perhaps misspelling)
**** → Arabic: كَاذِيّ (kāḏiyy)
**** → Ottoman Turkish: كاذی (kazi)
* ⇒ Prakrit: 𑀓𑁂𑀅𑀬𑁆𑀟 (keayḍa) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-))
** Magadhi Prakrit:
*** Bengali: কেওড়া (keōṛa)
** Maharastri Prakrit:
*** Marathi: केवडा (kevḍā)
** Paisaci Prakrit:
*** Vracada Apabhramsa:
**** Sindhi:
    Arabic script: ڪيلو (also < कदल (kadala)), ڪيوِڙو (“banana, plantain”)
    Devanagari script: केलो (also < कदल (kadala)), केविड़ो (“banana, plantain”)
** Sauraseni Prakrit:
*** Gurjara Apabhramsa:
**** Gujarati: કેવડો (kevḍo)
*** Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
**** Hindustani: kevṛā
    Hindi: केवड़ा
    Urdu: کیوڑا (kyoṛā), کیوڑہ (kyoṛh)
***** → English: kewra
* → Bengali: কেতকী (ketoki)
* → Gujarati: કેતક (ketak), કેતકી f (ketkī)
* → Kannada: ಕೇದಗೆ (kēdage)
* → Hindustani: ketkī f
    Hindi: केतकी
    Urdu: کیتْکِی (ketkī)
* → Malayalam: കേതകി (kētaki)
* → Marathi: केतकी (ketkī) f
* → Odia: କେତକୀ (ketaki)
* → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: ڪيتڪي
* → Tamil: கேதகை (kētakai); கைதை (kaitai)
* → Telugu: కేతకి (kētaki)
* → Tulu: ಕೇತಗೆ (kētage), ಕೇದಗೆ (kēdage), ಕೇದಯಿ (kēdayi), ಕೇದಿಗೆ (kēdige)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “केतक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0309.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kētaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press