रङ्क

{ raṅka }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

रङ्क  mfn.  mfn. niggardly, avaricious, [Uṇ. iii, 40]
slow, dull, ib.
कङ्क-रङ्क   poor, miserable, hungry ( e.g., a hungry or half-starved crane), [Prab.]

ROOTS:

कङ्क रङ्क

रङ्क  m.  m. a beggar, starveling ( प्रे-त-र्°), [Mālatīm.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

रङ्क [raṅka]   a.
Mean, poor, beggarly, wretched, miserable.
Slow.
-कः   A beggar, wretch, any hungry or half-starved being; प्रेतरङ्कः [Māl.5.16] 'the famished or half-starved spirit'; रङ्कस्य नृपतेर्वापि जिह्वासौख्यं समं स्मृतम् [Pt.1.254.]

Shabda-Sagara

रङ्क  mfn.  ( -ङ्कः-ङ्का-ङ्कं)
1. Niggardly, avaricious, a miser.
2. Slow, dull. 3. Hungry.
E. रकि to go, aff. अच् .

ROOTS:

रकि अच् .