काक
Khaling edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Garo kak. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
काक (kaak)
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Noun edit
काक m
- Devanagari script form of kāka
Declension edit
Declension table of "काक" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | काको (kāko) | काका (kākā) |
Accusative (second) | काकं (kākaṃ) | काके (kāke) |
Instrumental (third) | काकेन (kākena) | काकेहि (kākehi) or काकेभि (kākebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | काकस्स (kākassa) or काकाय (kākāya) or काकत्थं (kākatthaṃ) | काकानं (kākānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | काकस्मा (kākasmā) or काकम्हा (kākamhā) or काका (kākā) | काकेहि (kākehi) or काकेभि (kākebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | काकस्स (kākassa) | काकानं (kākānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | काकस्मिं (kākasmiṃ) or काकम्हि (kākamhi) or काके (kāke) | काकेसु (kākesu) |
Vocative (calling) | काक (kāka) | काका (kākā) |
Sanskrit edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative scripts
- কাক (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬵᬓ (Balinese script)
- কাক (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰯𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀸𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ကာက (Burmese script)
- કાક (Gujarati script)
- ਕਾਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌾𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦴꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂰𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಾಕ (Kannada script)
- កាក (Khmer script)
- ກາກ (Lao script)
- കാക (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘰𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢗᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧑𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐵𑐎 (Newa script)
- କାକ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢵꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆳𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖯𑖎 (Siddham script)
- කාක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩛𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚭𑚊 (Takri script)
- காக (Tamil script)
- కాక (Telugu script)
- กาก (Thai script)
- ཀཱ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒰𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨊𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
Imitative, similar to Old High German kā (“crow, jackdaw”), Middle Low German kâ (“crow, jackdaw”) or Derived from Proto-Dravidian *kākkay.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
काक • (kāka) stem, m
- (onomatopoeia) (imitation of the cawing of the crow), a crow
- (onomatopoeia) (imitation of the crowing of the rooster)
- (poetry) an expression of contempt
Descendants edit
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Pali: kāka, kākī
- Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀬 (kāya), 𑀓𑀸𑀈 (kāī)
- Central:
- Eastern:
- Northern:
- Khasa Prakrit:
- Nepali: काग (kāg)
- Khasa Prakrit:
- Northwestern:
- Southern:
- Western:
- ⇒ Prakrit: *𑀓𑀸𑀓-𑀉𑀓 (*kāka-uka)
- ⇒ Prakrit: *𑀓𑀸𑀓-𑀭 (*kāka-ra)
- Eastern:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: কাউৰী (kauri)
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Eastern:
- ⇒ Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀓𑀮 (kākala)
Borrowed terms edit
- → Bengali: কাক (kak)
- → Kannada: ಕಾಕ (kāka)
- → Malayalam: കാകം (kākaṁ)
- → Old Marathi: kāg
- → Tamil: காகம் (kākam)
- → Telugu: కాకము (kākamu), కాకి (kāki)
References edit
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kāˊka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press