उषःकल

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• उषाकल (uṣākala)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• উষঃকল (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬱᬄᬓᬮ (Balinese script)
• উষঃকল (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰬𑰾𑰎𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀱𑀂𑀓𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ဥၑးကလ (Burmese script)
• ઉષઃકલ (Gujarati script)
• ਉਸ਼ਃਕਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌷𑌃𑌕𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦰꦃꦏꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂭𑂂𑂍𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಉಷಃಕಲ (Kannada script)
• ឧឞះកល (Khmer script)
• ອຸຩະກລ (Lao script)
• ഉഷഃകല (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᢢᠠᢁᡬᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘬𑘾𑘎𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢔᠠ᠋ᢁ᠋ᢉᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑧌𑧟𑦮𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐲𑑅𑐎𑐮 (Newa script)
• ଉଷଃକଲ (Odia script)
• ꢆꢰꢁꢒꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆰𑆂𑆑𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖬𑖾𑖎𑖩 (Siddham script)
• උෂඃකල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑪀𑪗𑩜𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚬𑚊𑚥 (Takri script)
• உஷ𑌃கல (Tamil script)
• ఉషఃకల (Telugu script)
• อุษะกล (Thai script)
• ཨུ་ཥཿ་ཀ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒭𑓁𑒏𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨯𑨹𑨋𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From उषस् (uṣás, “dawn”) + Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout, to make a noise”). Compare Old English hlōwan (“to make a noise”), Latin clāmō (“to call out”) (English claim), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō, “I call, summon”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /u.ʂɐh.kɐ.lɐ/, [u.ʂɐx.kɐ.lɐ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /uˈʂɐh.kɐ.l̪ɐ/

Noun

उषःकल • (uṣaḥkala) stem, m

1. "calling out at dawn", "crying at daybreak"; a rooster, a cock

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of उषःकल
Nom. sg.	उषःकलः (uṣaḥkalaḥ)
Gen. sg.	उषःकलस्य (uṣaḥkalasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	उषःकलः (uṣaḥkalaḥ)	उषःकलौ (uṣaḥkalau)	उषःकलाः (uṣaḥkalāḥ)
Vocative	उषःकल (uṣaḥkala)	उषःकलौ (uṣaḥkalau)	उषःकलाः (uṣaḥkalāḥ)
Accusative	उषःकलम् (uṣaḥkalam)	उषःकलौ (uṣaḥkalau)	उषःकलान् (uṣaḥkalān)
Instrumental	उषःकलेन (uṣaḥkalena)	उषःकलाभ्याम् (uṣaḥkalābhyām)	उषःकलैः (uṣaḥkalaiḥ)
Dative	उषःकलाय (uṣaḥkalāya)	उषःकलाभ्याम् (uṣaḥkalābhyām)	उषःकलेभ्यः (uṣaḥkalebhyaḥ)
Ablative	उषःकलात् (uṣaḥkalāt)	उषःकलाभ्याम् (uṣaḥkalābhyām)	उषःकलेभ्यः (uṣaḥkalebhyaḥ)
Genitive	उषःकलस्य (uṣaḥkalasya)	उषःकलयोः (uṣaḥkalayoḥ)	उषःकलानाम् (uṣaḥkalānām)
Locative	उषःकले (uṣaḥkale)	उषःकलयोः (uṣaḥkalayoḥ)	उषःकलेषु (uṣaḥkaleṣu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “उषःकल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 220/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 37