घूक

Sanskrit

Etymology

From a Dravidian language: compare Tamil கூகை (kūkai), Telugu గూబ (gūba).

Noun

घूक (ghūka) m

1. owl (Pañcad. I, 42, Subh.)

Declension

    Masculine a-stem declension of घूक

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	घूकः (ghūkaḥ)	घूकौ (ghūkau)	घूकाः (ghūkāḥ)
Vocative	घूक (ghūka)	घूकौ (ghūkau)	घूकाः (ghūkāḥ)
Accusative	घूकम् (ghūkam)	घूकौ (ghūkau)	घूकान् (ghūkān)
Instrumental	घूकेन (ghūkena)	घूकाभ्याम् (ghūkābhyām)	घूकैः (ghūkaiḥ)
Dative	घूकाय (ghūkāya)	घूकाभ्याम् (ghūkābhyām)	घूकेभ्यः (ghūkebhyaḥ)
Ablative	घूकात् (ghūkāt)	घूकाभ्याम् (ghūkābhyām)	घूकेभ्यः (ghūkebhyaḥ)
Genitive	घूकस्य (ghūkasya)	घूकयोः (ghūkayoḥ)	घूकानाम् (ghūkānām)
Locative	घूके (ghūke)	घूकयोः (ghūkayoḥ)	घूकेषु (ghūkeṣu)

Descendants

• Kannada: ಘೂಕ (ghūka)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0378