तर्क

See also: तर्कु, तेरेको, तुर्की, तैराकी, तरीक़ा, तारक, and तर्का

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तर्क

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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तर्क (tarka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪əɾk/, [t̪ɐɾk]

Noun

तर्क • (tark) m

1. an argument, reasoning

   Antonym: वितर्क (vitark)

2. logic

   उसके सोच में कोई तर्क है ही नहीं।

   uske soc mẽ koī tark hai hī nahī̃.

   There is no logic in his thoughts.

Declension

Declension of तर्क (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तर्क tark	तर्क tark
oblique	तर्क tark	तर्कों tarkõ
vocative	तर्क tark	तर्को tarko

Derived terms

• ततर्क सिद्ध (tatark siddh)
• ततर्कशास्त्र-संबंधी (tatarkaśāstra-sambandhī)
• तर्क विद्या विषयक (tark vidyā viṣyak)
• तर्क-वितर्क (tark-vitark)
• तर्कसंगत (tarkasaṅgat)
• तर्तर्कसम्मत (tartarkasammat)
• तर्तर्कसिद्ध (tartarkasiddh)
• तार्किक (tārkik)
• सतर्क (satark)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “तर्क”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• তৰ্ক (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬃᬓ (Balinese script)
• তর্ক (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰨𑰿𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀭𑁆𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• တရ်္က (Burmese script)
• તર્ક (Gujarati script)
• ਤਰ੍ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌰𑍍𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦂꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂩𑂹𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ತರ್ಕ (Kannada script)
• តក៌ (Khmer script)
• ຕຣ຺ກ (Lao script)
• തര്ക (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠᡵᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘨𑘿𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᠷᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧈𑧠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐬𑑂𑐎 (Newa script)
• ତର୍କ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢬ꣄ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆫𑇀𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖨𑖿𑖎 (Siddham script)
• තර්‍ක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩼 𑪙𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚤𑚶𑚊 (Takri script)
• தர்க (Tamil script)
• తర్క (Telugu script)
• ตรฺก (Thai script)
• ཏ་རྐ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒩𑓂𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨫𑩇𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”). Cognate with Latin torqueō (“to twist”), Hittite 𒋻𒌑𒍣 (tarúzi), Old Church Slavonic тракъ (trakŭ), Tocharian B tärk-, and possibly Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō). Related to तर्कु (tarku, “spindle”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐɾ.kɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɐɾ.kɐ/

Noun

तर्क • (tarká) stem, m

1. conjecture
2. reasoning, speculation, inquiry
3. doubt
4. system or doctrine founded on speculation or reasoning, philosophical system (especially the Nyāya system, but applicable also to any of the six Darśana)
5. logic, confutation (especially that kind of argument which consists in reduction to absurdity)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of तर्क

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	तर्कः (tarkáḥ)	तर्कौ (tarkáu) तर्का¹ (tarkā́¹)	तर्काः (tarkā́ḥ) तर्कासः¹ (tarkā́saḥ¹)
accusative	तर्कम् (tarkám)	तर्कौ (tarkáu) तर्का¹ (tarkā́¹)	तर्कान् (tarkā́n)
instrumental	तर्केण (tarkéṇa)	तर्काभ्याम् (tarkā́bhyām)	तर्कैः (tarkáiḥ) तर्केभिः¹ (tarkébhiḥ¹)
dative	तर्काय (tarkā́ya)	तर्काभ्याम् (tarkā́bhyām)	तर्केभ्यः (tarkébhyaḥ)
ablative	तर्कात् (tarkā́t)	तर्काभ्याम् (tarkā́bhyām)	तर्केभ्यः (tarkébhyaḥ)
genitive	तर्कस्य (tarkásya)	तर्कयोः (tarkáyoḥ)	तर्काणाम् (tarkā́ṇām)
locative	तर्के (tarké)	तर्कयोः (tarkáyoḥ)	तर्केषु (tarkéṣu)
vocative	तर्क (tárka)	तर्कौ (tárkau) तर्का¹ (tárkā¹)	तर्काः (tárkāḥ) तर्कासः¹ (tárkāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• तर्कयति (tarkayati)

Related terms

• अतर्क (a-tarka)
• कुतर्क (ku-tarka)
• दुस्तर्क (dus-tarka)
• रूपतर्क (rūpa-tarka)

Descendants

• → Malayalam: തർക്കം (taṟkkaṁ)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਤੱਕ (takka)

See also

• न्यायम् (nyāyam)

Noun

तर्क • (tarká) stem, n

1. a philosophical system

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of तर्क

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	तर्कम् (tarkám)	तर्के (tarké)	तर्काणि (tarkā́ṇi) तर्का¹ (tarkā́¹)
accusative	तर्कम् (tarkám)	तर्के (tarké)	तर्काणि (tarkā́ṇi) तर्का¹ (tarkā́¹)
instrumental	तर्केण (tarkéṇa)	तर्काभ्याम् (tarkā́bhyām)	तर्कैः (tarkáiḥ) तर्केभिः¹ (tarkébhiḥ¹)
dative	तर्काय (tarkā́ya)	तर्काभ्याम् (tarkā́bhyām)	तर्केभ्यः (tarkébhyaḥ)
ablative	तर्कात् (tarkā́t)	तर्काभ्याम् (tarkā́bhyām)	तर्केभ्यः (tarkébhyaḥ)
genitive	तर्कस्य (tarkásya)	तर्कयोः (tarkáyoḥ)	तर्काणाम् (tarkā́ṇām)
locative	तर्के (tarké)	तर्कयोः (tarkáyoḥ)	तर्केषु (tarkéṣu)
vocative	तर्क (tárka)	तर्के (tárke)	तर्काणि (tárkāṇi) तर्का¹ (tárkā¹)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “तर्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 439.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “TARK”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 633