naraka

See also: Naraka

Maguindanao

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नरक (naraka). Akin to Maranao narka', Tausug narka', and Malay neraka.

Noun

naraka

1. hell

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit नरक (naraka).

Noun

naraka

1. hell

References

• Zoetmulder P.J.; Robson S.O. (1982). Old Javanese-English Dictionary. Leiden: KITLV.

Old Sundanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit नरक (naraka).

Noun

naraka

1. hell
   • c. 1518, Sanghyang Siksakandang Karesian (Kropak 630), section I:

     "Sungut ulah barang carek kenana dora bancana na lunas papa naraka"

     "Speak not with your mouth carelessly, for it is the door of disaster at the bottom of hellish misery."

Descendants

• > Sundanese: naraka (inherited)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀦𑀭𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• नरक (Devanagari script)
• নরক (Bengali script)
• නරක (Sinhalese script)
• နရက or ၼရၵ (Burmese script)
• นรก or นะระกะ (Thai script)
• ᨶᩁᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ນຣກ or ນະຣະກະ (Lao script)
• នរក (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄢𑄇 (Chakma script)

Noun

naraka m

1. purgatory, hell

Declension

Declension table of "naraka" (masculine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	narako	narakā
Accusative (second)	narakaṃ	narake
Instrumental (third)	narakena	narakehi or narakebhi
Dative (fourth)	narakassa or narakāya or narakatthaṃ	narakānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	narakasmā or narakamhā or narakā	narakehi or narakebhi
Genitive (sixth)	narakassa	narakānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	narakasmiṃ or narakamhi or narake	narakesu
Vocative (calling)	naraka	narakā

Descendants

• → Burmese: နရက် (na.rak)
• → Khmer: នរក (nɔrŭək)
• → Lao: ນະລົກ (na lok)
• → Thai: นรก (ná-rók)

Sundanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Sundanese naraka, from Sanskrit नरक (naraka).

Noun

naraka (Sundanese script ᮔᮛᮊ)

1. hell

Further reading

• "NARAKA", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij