kakkaṭaka

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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

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.

Noun

kakkaṭaka m

1. crab

Declension

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

• → Khmer: កក្កដា (kakkaʼdaa)