उषःकल
Sanskrit
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.l̪ɐ/, [u.ʂɐx.kɐ.l̪ɐ]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /uˈʂɐh.kɐ.l̪ɐ/
Noun
उषःकल • (uṣaḥkala) m
- "calling out at dawn", a rooster
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 458052227, page 220/1.