kakkaṭaka

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative forms

𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀝𑀓 (Brahmi script)
कक्कटक (Devanagari script)
কক্কটক (Bengali script)
කක‍්කටක (Sinhalese script)
ကက္ကဋက or ၵၵ္ၵꩦၵ or ၵၵ်ၵꩦၵ (Burmese script)
กกฺกฏก or กักกะฏะกะ (Thai script)
ᨠᨠ᩠ᨠᨭᨠ (Tai Tham script)
ກກ຺ກຏກ or ກັກກະຏະກະ (Lao script)
កក្កដក (Khmer script)
𑄇𑄇𑄴𑄇𑄑𑄇 (Chakma script)

Etymology edit

Formally as kakkaṭa +‎ -ka, but whether kakkaṭa continued into Pali from Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa, “crab”), as opposed to being restored by borrowing, is unclear. This word is clearly related to the Sanskrit word.^[1]

Noun edit

kakkaṭaka m^[2]

crab

Declension edit

Declension table of "kakkaṭaka" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kakkaṭako	kakkaṭakā
Accusative (second)	kakkaṭakaṃ	kakkaṭake
Instrumental (third)	kakkaṭakena	kakkaṭakehi or kakkaṭakebhi
Dative (fourth)	kakkaṭakassa or kakkaṭakāya or kakkaṭakatthaṃ	kakkaṭakānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kakkaṭakasmā or kakkaṭakamhā or kakkaṭakā	kakkaṭakehi or kakkaṭakebhi
Genitive (sixth)	kakkaṭakassa	kakkaṭakānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kakkaṭakasmiṃ or kakkaṭakamhi or kakkaṭake	kakkaṭakesu
Vocative (calling)	kakkaṭaka	kakkaṭakā

Descendants edit

→ Khmer: កក្កដា (kakkədaa)

References edit

^ Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kakkaṭaka”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
^ Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 174.

[1] Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kakkaṭaka”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

[2] Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 174.

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