तर्कु (tarku)

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शब्दसागरः

English

 तर्कु f.
  (-र्कुः) A spindle,  an iron pin upon which the cotton is first
drawn out
 it also serves as the distaff,  the cotton being next
transferred from it to the wheel.
 E.
  कृत् to cut,  Unadi affix उ,  and
the radical letters transposed.

Capeller Eng

English

 तर्कु s.
  spindle.

Yates

English

 तर्कु (र्कुः) 2.
f.
  A spindle,  a distaff. 

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Wilson

English

 तर्कु
f.
  (-र्कुः) A spindle,  an iron pin upon which the cotton is first
drawn out
 it also serves as the distaff,  the cotton being next transferred from
it to the wheel.
E.
  कृत to cut,  Uṇādi affix उ,  and the radical letters transposed.

Apte

English

तर्कुः [tarkuḥ],  m.
  ,  f.
  A spindle,  an iron pin upon which cotton is first drawn out
 तर्कुः कर्तनसाधनम्. Comp.
   -पिण्डः,  -पीठी,  पीठः,  -पाठी a ball at the lower end of a spindle. -लासकः a concave shell or saucer serving to hold the lower end of a spindle. -शाणः a Whetstone for sharpening spindles. तर्कुटम् (-टी) Cutting
 L.
  D. B.

Apte 1890

English

 तर्कुः m.,  f. A spindle,  an iron pin upon which cotton is first drawn out
 तर्कुः कर्तनसाधनं. 
Comp. 
पिंडः,  
पीठी,  
पीठः,  
पाठी a ball at the lower end of a spindle. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 तर्कु mn.  (L. 
 √ 3. कृत्,  Nir.
  ii,  1,  but cf.
   निष्-टर्क्य॑,  ἄτρακτος & torqueo &c.
   s.v.
  √ तर्क्) a spindle,  PārGṛ.
  i,  15/16.

Monier Williams 1872

English

 तर्कु तर्कु,  उस्,  उस्,  m. f. (said to be fr. rt. कृत्, 
with transposition of the consonants),  a spindle,  an
iron pin upon which the cotton is first drawn out and
which serves as the distaff,  the cotton being next
transferred from it to the wheel
 [cf. Gr. ἄ-τρακτος.]
—तर्कु-पिण्ड,  अस्,  m. a ball of clay &c. at the
lower end of a spindle to assist in giving it a rotatory
motion.
—तर्कु-पीठ,  अस्,  ई,  m. f. or तर्कु-पाठी, 
f. a ball at the lower end of a spindle.
—तर्कु-
लासक,  अस्,  m. a concave shell or saucer which serves
to hold the lower end of the spindle when whirled
round.
—तर्कु-शाण,  अस्,  m. a small whetstone for
sharpening spindles,  &c.

Macdonell

English

 तर्कु tark-ú,  spindle.

Benfey

English

 तर्कु तर्क् + उ,  m.
 (?),  A spindle.

Apte Hindi

Hindi

तर्कुः
पुं*
  - कृत्+उ+नि
"तकवा,  लोहे की तकली जिस पर सूत लिपटता जाता है"

Shabdartha Kaustubha

Kannada

तर्कु
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಕದಿರು /ಚರಕದಲ್ಲಿ ತಿರುಚುವ ಮತ್ತು ನೂಲನ್ನು ಸುತ್ತುವ ಕದಿರಣಿಗೆ
निष्पत्तिः - > कृती (छेदने)-"उः" (उ० १-१६) । निपा०।
विस्तारः - > "कपालनालिका तर्कुः" - त्रिकाण्ड० ।

L R Vaidya

English

 tarku {% m.f. %} A spindle,  an iron pin upon which cotton is drawn out.

अभिधानचिन्तामणिः

Sanskrit

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सूचीसूत्रं पिप्पलिकं तर्कुः कर्तनसाधने ॥ ९११ ॥
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सूचिसूत्र (क्ली),  पिप्पलिक (क्ली),  तर्कु (पुं),  कर्तनसाधन (क्ली)

Vedic Reference

English

 Tarku,  ‘spindle, ’ is known only in Vedic literature from the
mention of it in Yāska's Nirukta (ii. 1) as an example of the
transposition of letters,  the word being derived,  according to
him,  from the root kart,  ‘to spin.’

शब्दकल्पद्रुमः

Sanskrit

 तर्कुः,  स्त्री,
   (कृत् + उः । निपातनात् साधुः ।)सूत्रनिर्म्माणयन्त्रम् । टेको इति भाषा ॥
 तत्-पर्य्यायः । कपालनालिका २ । इति त्रिकाण्ड-शेषः ॥
 तर्कुटी ३ सूत्रला ४ । इति हारावली ॥
(कुम्भकारस्य चक्राकारशिलाभाण्डम् । यथा, अनर्घराघवे । २ । ६ ।“शङ्के सम्प्रति यावदभ्युदयते तत्तर्कुटङ्कोन्मृजारज्यद्बिम्बरजश्छटावलयितो देवस्त्विषामीश्वरः ॥
”)

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 तर्कु पु०
  कृत--उ नि० । (टेको) इति ख्याते यन्त्रभेदे । त्रिका० । स्वार्थे क । तर्कुक तत्रार्थे ।

Capeller

German

 तर्कु Spindel.

Burnouf

French

 तर्कु तर्कु f.
  fuseau,  broche à filer le coton. 
तर्कुट n.
  broche,  quenouille.
		 Mise en quenouille du coton
à filer.
तर्कुपिण्ड m.
  et तर्कुपीठी f.
  peson du fuseau.
तर्कुलासक m.
  coussinet concave sur lequel tourne la broche
ou le fuseau.
तर्कुशाण m.
  pierre de grès pour aiguiser les broches à
coton. 

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