kukkuṭa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• कुक्कुट (Devanagari script)
• কুক্কুট (Bengali script)
• කුක‍්කුට (Sinhalese script)
• ကုက္ကုဋ or ၵုၵ္ၵုꩦ or ၵုၵ်ၵုꩦ (Burmese script)
• กุกฺกุฏ or กุกกุฏะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᩩᨠ᩠ᨠᩩᨭ (Tai Tham script)
• ກຸກ຺ກຸຏ or ກຸກກຸຏະ (Lao script)
• កុក្កុដ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄪𑄇𑄴𑄇𑄪𑄑 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कुक्कुट (kukkuṭá). Cognate with Niya Prakrit 𐨐𐨂𐨐𐨂𐨜 (kukuḍa), Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀟 (kukkuḍa).

Noun

kukkuṭa m (feminine kukkuṭī)

1. cock, rooster

Declension

Declension table of "kukkuṭa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kukkuṭo	kukkuṭā
Accusative (second)	kukkuṭaṃ	kukkuṭe
Instrumental (third)	kukkuṭena	kukkuṭehi or kukkuṭebhi
Dative (fourth)	kukkuṭassa or kukkuṭāya or kukkuṭatthaṃ	kukkuṭānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kukkuṭasmā or kukkuṭamhā or kukkuṭā	kukkuṭehi or kukkuṭebhi
Genitive (sixth)	kukkuṭassa	kukkuṭānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kukkuṭasmiṃ or kukkuṭamhi or kukkuṭe	kukkuṭesu
Vocative (calling)	kukkuṭa	kukkuṭā

References

• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 211.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kukkuṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 164
• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kukkuṭa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 218