कर्कट

See also: क्रिकेट

Sanskrit edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative scripts

কৰ্কট (Assamese script)
ᬓᬃᬓᬝ (Balinese script)
কর্কট (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰨𑰿𑰎𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀭𑁆𑀓𑀝 (Brahmi script)
ကရ်္ကဋ (Burmese script)
કર્કટ (Gujarati script)
ਕਰ੍ਕਟ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌕𑌟 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦂꦏꦛ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂩𑂹𑂍𑂗 (Kaithi script)
ಕರ್ಕಟ (Kannada script)
កក៌ដ (Khmer script)
ກຣ຺ກຏ (Lao script)
കര്കട (Malayalam script)
ᡬᠠᡵᡬᠠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘎𑘘 (Modi script)
ᢉᠠᠷᢉᠠᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧈𑧠𑦮𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐬𑑂𑐎𑐚 (Newa script)
କର୍କଟ (Odia script)
ꢒꢬ꣄ꢒꢜ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆫𑇀𑆑𑆛 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖨𑖿𑖎𑖘 (Siddham script)
කර්‍කට (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩼 𑪙𑩜𑩦 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚤𑚶𑚊𑚔 (Takri script)
கர்கட (Tamil script)
కర్కట (Telugu script)
กรฺกฏ (Thai script)
ཀ་རྐ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒩𑓂𑒏𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨫𑩇𑨋𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *karkartas, according to Pokorny, related to कर्कर (karkara, “hard”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”) (see also Welsh crach (“crust”), Proto-Slavic *rakъ (“crayfish”)). Latin cancer and Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”) could also be related, but this is uncertain.

More likely from a substrate language, and possibly cognate with Santali ᱠᱟᱴᱠᱚᱢ (kaṭkôm); however, this is uncertain, as the latter could also be from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₁aam. However, the Santali word is definitely not borrowed from Sanskrit; and a borrowing from Munda languages into Sanskrit is not verifiable.

Noun edit

कर्कट • (karkaṭa) stem, m

crab
(astrology) the sign Cancer
a particular bird
(botany) name of several plants (clarification of this definition is needed)
the fibrous root of a plant
the curved end of the beam of a balance (to which the strings supporting the scale are attached)
a pair of compasses in a particular position
a particular position of the hands
a kind of fever
a kind of coitus

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of कर्कट
Nom. sg.	कर्कटः (karkaṭaḥ)
Gen. sg.	कर्कटस्य (karkaṭasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कर्कटः (karkaṭaḥ)	कर्कटौ (karkaṭau)	कर्कटाः (karkaṭāḥ)
Vocative	कर्कट (karkaṭa)	कर्कटौ (karkaṭau)	कर्कटाः (karkaṭāḥ)
Accusative	कर्कटम् (karkaṭam)	कर्कटौ (karkaṭau)	कर्कटान् (karkaṭān)
Instrumental	कर्कटेन (karkaṭena)	कर्कटाभ्याम् (karkaṭābhyām)	कर्कटैः (karkaṭaiḥ)
Dative	कर्कटाय (karkaṭāya)	कर्कटाभ्याम् (karkaṭābhyām)	कर्कटेभ्यः (karkaṭebhyaḥ)
Ablative	कर्कटात् (karkaṭāt)	कर्कटाभ्याम् (karkaṭābhyām)	कर्कटेभ्यः (karkaṭebhyaḥ)
Genitive	कर्कटस्य (karkaṭasya)	कर्कटयोः (karkaṭayoḥ)	कर्कटानाम् (karkaṭānām)
Locative	कर्कटे (karkaṭe)	कर्कटयोः (karkaṭayoḥ)	कर्कटेषु (karkaṭeṣu)

Descendants edit

Descendants

Dardic:
- Tirahi: [script needed] (kaṅgarā́)
Southern:
- Helu Prakrit:
  - Sinhalese: කකුළුවා (kakuḷuwā)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟 (kakkaḍa)
  - Old Marathi:
    - Marathi: खेकडा (khekḍā)
Eastern:
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟 (kakkaḍa)
  - Early Assamese: কাঙ্কৰা (kaṅkora)
    - Middle Assamese: কঁকৰা (kõkora)
      - Assamese: কেঁকোৰা (kẽküra), কাঁক্ৰা (kãkra) (Kamrupi dialect)
    - → Bodo (India): खांख्राय (kangkray)
    - → Dimasa: khangkrai
  - Old Bengali: কাংকডা (kāṃkaḍā)
    - Middle Bengali: কাঁকড়া (kãkoṛa)
      - Bengali: কাঁকড়া (kãkṛa)
    - Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠇꠠꠣ (xaxoṛa)
  - Kamta: কাঁকৰা (kãkora)
  - Odia: କାଂକଡ଼ା (kaṅkôṛa), କାକାଡ଼ା (kakaṛa)
Pali: kakkaṭaka
- → Khmer: កក្កដា (kakkədaa)
Central:
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟 (kakkaḍa)
  - Hindustani:
    - Hindi: केकड़ (kekaṛ), केकड़ा (kekṛā)
    - Urdu: کےکَڑ (kekaṛ), کیکڑا
  - Punjabi: ਕੇਕੜਾ (kekṛā)
    - Lahnda: [script needed] (kakkaṛ)
Western:
- Sindhi:
  - Devanagari script: केकड़ो
  - Arabic script: ڪڪڙ
→ Bengali: কর্কট (korkoṭ)
→ Dhivehi: ކަރުކަށަ (karukaṣa)
→ Telugu: కర్కటము (karkaṭamu)
→ Thai: กรกฎ (gɔɔ-rá-gòt)
→ Tibetan: ཀརྐ་ཊ (krka ṭa)
→ Burmese: ကရကဋ် (ka.ra.kat)
→ Classical Newar: कखडि
- Newar: कःलि (ka:li)

References edit

Monier Williams (1899) “कर्कट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0256.
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag