The Sanskrit term Śauka can be transliterated into English as Sauka or Shauka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shauk.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śauka (शौक).—m ( A) Inclination towards; liking, turn, or fondness for. 2 Voluptuousness or pleasurism.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

śauka (शौक).—m Liking; voluptuousness.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śauka (शौक).—

1) A flock of parrots.

2) A kind of coitus.

3) Sorrowfulness.

Derivable forms: śaukam (शौकम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śauka (शौक).—n.

(-kaṃ) 1. A flock of parrots. 2. Sorrowfulness. E. śuka a parrot, añ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śauka (शौक).—i. e. śuka + a, n. A flock of parrots.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śauka (शौक):—n. ([from] śuka) a flight of parrots [gana] khaṇḍikādi

2) a kind of coitus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) sorrowfulness (perhaps [wrong reading] for śoka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śauka (शौक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. A flock of parrots; sorrow.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shauka in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Śauka (शौक) [Also spelled shauk]:—(nm) fondness; fancy; hobby; —[karanā/phanamānā] to enjoy; to be fond of; to have a fancy for; —[carrānā] to be extremely fond (of); to manifest fondness for; —[se] with great pleasure.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śauka (ಶೌಕ):—[noun] a flight of parrots.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Saukara, Saukarika, Shaukat, Shaukata.

Ends with: Jatashauca.

Full-text: Shauki, Ahneya, Shaukeya, Shokha, Kaukkutika, Charrana, Carrana, Shoka, Shauk.

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