तर्क

Etymology

From Sanskrit तर्क (tarka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪əɾk/

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 nahīn.

   There is no logic in his thoughts.

References

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tarkás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tarkás, from Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ-. Cognate with Latin loquor (“to speak, talk”), Old Church Slavonic тлъкъ (tlŭkŭ, “interpreter”) and Old Irish do·tluchethar (“to ask”), ad·tluchedar (“to thank”).

Alternative, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”). Cognate with Latin torqueō (“to twist”), Hittite 𒋻𒆪𒉿𒀭𒍣 (tarkuwanzi), Old Church Slavonic тракъ (trakŭ), Tocharian B tärk-, and possibly Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t̪ɐɽ.kɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɐɽ.kɐ/

Noun

तर्क • (tarká) 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)

Noun

तर्क • (tarká) n

1. a philosophical system

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0439
• 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