कच्छप

कच्छप

See also: कच्छपी

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• kacchapa (Latin script)
• 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• কচ্ছপ (Bengali script)
• කච‍්ඡප (Sinhalese script)
• ကစ္ဆပ (Burmese script)
• กจฺฉป or กัจฉะปะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᨧ᩠ᨨᨷ (Tai Tham script)
• ກຈ຺ຉປ or ກັຈຉະປະ (Lao script)
• កច្ឆប (Khmer script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit कच्छप (kacchapa).

Noun

कच्छप m

1. tortoise, turtle

Derived terms

• कच्छपी (kacchapī, “a lute”)

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬓᬘ᭄ᬙᬧ (Balinese script)
• কচ্ছপ (Assamese script)
• কচ্ছপ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰓𑰿𑰔𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌕𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌪 (Grantha script)
• કચ્છપ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਚੑਛਪ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦏꦕ꧀ꦖꦥ (Javanese script)
• កច្ឆប (Khmer script)
• ಕಚ್ಛಪ (Kannada script)
• ກຈ຺ຉປ (Lao script)
• കച്ഛപ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘎𑘓𑘿𑘔𑘢 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢋᠼᠠᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᡬᠠᢜᡮᠠᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
• ကစ္ဆပ (Burmese script)
• 𑦮𑦳𑧠𑦴𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐔𑑂𑐕𑐥 (Newa script)
• କଚ୍ଛପ (Oriya script)
• ꢒꢗ꣄ꢘꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆖𑇀𑆗𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖓𑖿𑖔𑖢 (Siddham script)
• කච්ඡප (Sinhalese script)
• కచ్ఛప (Telugu script)
• กจฺฉป (Thai script)
• ཀ་ཙྪ་པ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒔𑓂𑒕𑒣 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From earlier कश्यप (kaśyápa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaćyápas. Cognate with Persian کشف‎ (kašaf, “tortoise”) and Khotanese khuysaa- (“tortoise, frog”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐt̪.t͡ɕʰɐ.pɐ/, [ˈkɐt̪̚.t͡ɕʰɐ.pɐ]

Noun

कच्छप • (kacchapa) m

1. tortoise, turtle

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कच्छप (kacchapa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कच्छपः kacchapaḥ	कच्छपौ kacchapau	कच्छपाः / कच्छपासः¹ kacchapāḥ / kacchapāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कच्छप kacchapa	कच्छपौ kacchapau	कच्छपाः / कच्छपासः¹ kacchapāḥ / kacchapāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कच्छपम् kacchapam	कच्छपौ kacchapau	कच्छपान् kacchapān
Instrumental	कच्छपेन kacchapena	कच्छपाभ्याम् kacchapābhyām	कच्छपैः / कच्छपेभिः¹ kacchapaiḥ / kacchapebhiḥ¹
Dative	कच्छपाय kacchapāya	कच्छपाभ्याम् kacchapābhyām	कच्छपेभ्यः kacchapebhyaḥ
Ablative	कच्छपात् kacchapāt	कच्छपाभ्याम् kacchapābhyām	कच्छपेभ्यः kacchapebhyaḥ
Genitive	कच्छपस्य kacchapasya	कच्छपयोः kacchapayoḥ	कच्छपानाम् kacchapānām
Locative	कच्छपे kacchape	कच्छपयोः kacchapayoḥ	कच्छपेषु kacchapeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀪 (kacchabha)
• Khasa Prakrit:
  • Nepali: कछुवा (kachuwā)
• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯 (kacchava)
  • Assamese: কাছ (kaso)
  • Bengali: কচ্ছপ (kôcchôp), কাছিম (kachim)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯 (kacchava)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਕੱਛੂ (kacchū, “turtle”), ਕੱਛੂਕੁੰਮਾ (kacchūkummā, “tortoise”)
• Pali: kacchapa
  • → Lao: ກັດສະປະ (kat sa pa)
  • → Thai: กัจฉปะ (gàt-chà-bpà)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯 (kacchava)
  • ⇒ Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯-𑀕 (*kacchava-ga)
    • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
      • Old Gujarati:
        • Gujarati: કાચબો (kācbo)
        • Malvi: काछबो (kāchbo)
        • Mewari: काछबो (kāchbo)
    • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
      • Hindustani:

        Hindi: कछुआ (kachuā)

        Urdu: کَچُھوا‎

Borrowed terms

• Bengali: কচ্ছপ (kôcchôp)
• Gujarati: કચ્છપ (kacchap)
• Old Javanese:
  • Javanese: ꦏꦕꦥ (kacapa)
• Old Marathi: kachap

  Devanagari: कछप (kachapa)

  Modi: 𑘎𑘔𑘢 (kachapa)

• Telugu: కచ్ఛపము (kacchapamu)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kacchapa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press