अक्का

Marathi

अक्का • (akkā) f

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidian *akkabor.

Sanskrit अक्का (akkā)

From a Proto-Indo-European lallwort *h₂ekkeh₂, compare Latin Acca (Larentia), a Roman goddess, Ancient Greek Ἀκκώ (Akkṓ, “nurse of Demeter”), also cognate to other Indian words, compare Kannada ಅಕ್ಕ (akka), Malayalam അക്ക (akka), Telugu అక్క (akka), Tamil அக்கா (akkā), Sinhalese අක්‍කා (akkā), Konkani and Marathi अक्का (akkā).^[1]^[2]

note Latin Acca Larentia and Ancient Greek ἀγάλλω (agállō, “to adorn oneself, be vain or crazy”), used to describe women.^[3]

अक्का • (akkā) stem, f

Feminine ā-stem declension of अक्का
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अक्का (akkā)	अक्के (akke)	अक्काः (akkāḥ)
accusative	अक्काम् (akkām)	अक्के (akke)	अक्काः (akkāḥ)
instrumental	अक्कया (akkayā) अक्का¹ (akkā¹)	अक्काभ्याम् (akkābhyām)	अक्काभिः (akkābhiḥ)
dative	अक्कायै (akkāyai)	अक्काभ्याम् (akkābhyām)	अक्काभ्यः (akkābhyaḥ)
ablative	अक्कायाः (akkāyāḥ) अक्कायै² (akkāyai²)	अक्काभ्याम् (akkābhyām)	अक्काभ्यः (akkābhyaḥ)
genitive	अक्कायाः (akkāyāḥ) अक्कायै² (akkāyai²)	अक्कयोः (akkayoḥ)	अक्कानाम् (akkānām)
locative	अक्कायाम् (akkāyām)	अक्कयोः (akkayoḥ)	अक्कासु (akkāsu)
vocative	अक्के (akke)	अक्के (akke)	अक्काः (akkāḥ)

^ Burrow, T[homas] (1948) “Dravidian Studies VII: Further Dravidian words in Sanskrit”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London‎^[1], volume 12, number 2, page 365 of 365–396
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “akkā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 1
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) “akkā”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 15