๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€…

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit เค•เคพเค• (kฤฬka, โ€œcrowโ€, onomatopoeia). Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€• (kฤga), Pali kฤka.

Noun edit

๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€… (kฤa)ย m (Devanagari เค•เคพเค…, Kannada เฒ•เฒพเฒ…, feminine ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€ˆ) (Maharastri)

  1. crow
    Synonym: ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ธ๐‘€…๐‘€ฒ (vฤasa)
    • c. 200 CE โ€“ 600 CE, Hฤla, Gฤhฤ Sattasaฤซ 564:
      ๐‘€ฅ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ญ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฅ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฏ๐‘†๐‘€ฏ๐‘€๐‘€ข๐‘€ซ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ธ ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€๐‘€ฏ๐‘€บ๐‘€…๐‘€ฏ๐‘€“๐‘†๐‘€”๐‘€ธ ๐‘€ก๐‘€บ๐‘€‰๐‘€๐‘€˜๐‘€บ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ป๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ธ
      ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฏ๐‘‚๐‘€ ๐‘€ก๐‘‚๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ผ ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€† ๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ฝ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ๐‘€ก๐‘†๐‘€ก-๐‘€ฏ๐‘†๐‘€ฏ ๐‘€ค๐‘€ป๐‘€ฒ๐‘€๐‘€ข๐‘€บ
      dhฤrฤdhuvvaแนƒtamuhฤ laแนƒviavakkhฤ แน‡iuแนƒciaggฤซvฤ
      vaรฏveแธhaแน‡esu kฤฤ sลซlฤhiแน‡แน‡a-vva dฤซsaแนƒti
      • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken
        The crows on the boundary fence with their faces bedraggled, their wings drooping, their necks sunken,
        Look as though they had been impaled.

Declension edit

Maharastri declension of ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€… (masculine)
singular plural
Nominative ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€‘ (kฤo) ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€† (kฤฤ)
Accusative ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€…๐‘€ (kฤaแนƒ) ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€ (kฤe) or ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€† (kฤฤ)
Instrumental ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€๐‘€ก (kฤeแน‡a) or ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€๐‘€ก๐‘€ (kฤeแน‡aแนƒ) ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ (kฤehi) or ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ๐‘€ (kฤehiแนƒ)
Dative ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€†๐‘€… (kฤฤa) โ€”
Ablative ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€†๐‘€‘ (kฤฤo) or ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€†๐‘€‰ (kฤฤu) or ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€† (kฤฤ) or ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€†๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ (kฤฤhi) or ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€†๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ๐‘€๐‘€ข๐‘„ (kฤฤhiแนƒto) โ€”
Genitive ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€…๐‘€ฒ๐‘†๐‘€ฒ (kฤassa) ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€†๐‘€ก (kฤฤแน‡a) or ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€†๐‘€ก๐‘€ (kฤฤแน‡aแนƒ)
Locative ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€…๐‘€ซ๐‘†๐‘€ซ๐‘€บ (kฤammi) or ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€ (kฤe) ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ผ (kฤesu) or ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ (kฤesuแนƒ)
Vocative ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€… (kฤa) or ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€† (kฤฤ) ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€† (kฤฤ)

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References edit

  • Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) โ€œเค•เคพเคฏโ€, in เคชเคพเค‡เค…-เคธเคฆเฅเคฆ-เคฎเคนเคฃเฅเคฃเคตเฅ‹ [Pฤia-Sadda-Mahaแน‡แน‡avo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
  • Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 10.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ€“1985) โ€œkฤหŠkaโ€, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press