तर्क

Sanskrit

noun
Definitions
  • conjecture
  • reasoning, speculation, inquiry
  • doubt
  • system or doctrine founded on speculation or reasoning, philosophical system (especially the Nyāya system, but applicable also to any of the six Darśana)
  • logic, confutation (especially that kind of argument which consists in reduction to absurdity)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *tarkás inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tarkás inherited from Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- (speak), *terkʷ- (turn, twist, spin, wind).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*terkʷ-

Gloss

turn, twist, spin, wind

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

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