कुक्कुटी
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit कुक्कुटी (kukkuṭī). By surface analysis, कुक्कुट (kukkuṭ) + -ई (-ī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kʊk.kʊ.ʈiː/, [kʊk̚.kʊ.ʈiː]
Noun
कुक्कुटी • (kukkuṭī) f
- female equivalent of कुक्कुट (kukkuṭ): hen (female chicken)
- Synonyms: मुर्ग़ी (murġī), कुकड़ी (kukṛī)
- 1977, ज्ञानचंद जैन, निगंठ ज्ञातपुत्त: श्रमण भगवान महावीर की जीवनी, page 97:
- कुक्कुटी के अंडे के बराबर ३२ कौर का आहार पूर्ण आहार माना जाता था […]
- kukkuṭī ke aṇḍe ke barābar 32 kaur kā āhār pūrṇ āhār mānā jātā thā […]
- A meal of 32 mouthfuls of the size of a hen’s egg was considered a complete diet.
Declension
Declension of कुक्कुटी (fem ī-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | कुक्कुटी kukkuṭī | कुक्कुटियाँ kukkuṭiyā̃ |
| oblique | कुक्कुटी kukkuṭī | कुक्कुटियों kukkuṭiyõ |
| vocative | कुक्कुटी kukkuṭī | कुक्कुटियो kukkuṭiyo |
Further reading
- Platts, John T. (1884), “कुक्कुटी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 839
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कुक्कुटी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 202
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬓᬸᬓ᭄ᬓᬸᬝᬷ (Balinese script)
- কুক্কুটী (Assamese script)
- কুক্কুটী (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰲𑰎𑰿𑰎𑰲𑰘𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀝𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌕𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌟𑍀 (Grantha script)
- કુક્કુટી (Gujarati script)
- ਕੁਕੑਕੁਟੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦏꦸꦏ꧀ꦏꦸꦛꦷ (Javanese script)
- កុក្កុដី (Khmer script)
- ಕುಕ್ಕುಟೀ (Kannada script)
- ກຸກ຺ກຸຏີ (Lao script)
- കുക്കുടീ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘎𑘳𑘎𑘿𑘎𑘳𑘘𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠤᢉᢉᠤᢌᢈᢈ (Mongolian script)
- ᡬᡠᡬᡬᡠᢞᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- ကုက္ကုဋီ (Burmese script)
- 𑦮𑧔𑦮𑧠𑦮𑧔𑦸𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐎𑐸𑐚𑐷 (Newa script)
- କୁକ୍କୁଟୀ (Oriya script)
- ꢒꢸꢒ꣄ꢒꢸꢜꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆶𑆑𑇀𑆑𑆶𑆛𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖲𑖎𑖿𑖎𑖲𑖘𑖱 (Siddham script)
- කුක්කුටී (Sinhalese script)
- కుక్కుటీ (Telugu script)
- กุกฺกุฏี (Thai script)
- ཀུ་ཀྐུ་ཊཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒳𑒏𑓂𑒏𑒳𑒙𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From कुक्कुट (kukkuṭa) + -ई (-ī).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkuk.ku.ʈiː/, [ˈkuk̚.ku.ʈiː]
Noun
कुक्कुटी • (kukkuṭī) f (Classical Sanskrit)
- female equivalent of कुक्कुट (kukkuṭa): hen (female chicken)
- 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā
- 2004, Bhāratī - Volume 55, Saṃskrṛtapracārapariṣad Rājasthānam, page 11:
- मार्जारी कुक्कुट्या उपरि आक्रमितुमुद्यतैवासीत् तदैव कुक्कुटोऽवदत्- मातृभगिनि समा त्वं, मम कथनं शृणु- अधुना त्वमेनां त्यज।
- mārjārī kukkuṭyā upari ākramitumudyataivāsīt tadaiva kukkuṭoʼvadat- mātṛbhagini samā tvaṃ, mama kathanaṃ śṛṇu- adhunā tvamenāṃ tyaja.
- Just as the cat was ready to attack over the hen, the cock said- you are like my mother's sister, listen to me- leave her for now.
Declension
| Feminine ī-stem declension of कुक्कुटी (kukkuṭī) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | कुक्कुटी kukkuṭī | कुक्कुट्यौ / कुक्कुटी¹ kukkuṭyau / kukkuṭī¹ | कुक्कुट्यः / कुक्कुटीः¹ kukkuṭyaḥ / kukkuṭīḥ¹ |
| Vocative | कुक्कुटि kukkuṭi | कुक्कुट्यौ / कुक्कुटी¹ kukkuṭyau / kukkuṭī¹ | कुक्कुट्यः / कुक्कुटीः¹ kukkuṭyaḥ / kukkuṭīḥ¹ |
| Accusative | कुक्कुटीम् kukkuṭīm | कुक्कुट्यौ / कुक्कुटी¹ kukkuṭyau / kukkuṭī¹ | कुक्कुटीः kukkuṭīḥ |
| Instrumental | कुक्कुट्या kukkuṭyā | कुक्कुटीभ्याम् kukkuṭībhyām | कुक्कुटीभिः kukkuṭībhiḥ |
| Dative | कुक्कुट्यै kukkuṭyai | कुक्कुटीभ्याम् kukkuṭībhyām | कुक्कुटीभ्यः kukkuṭībhyaḥ |
| Ablative | कुक्कुट्याः kukkuṭyāḥ | कुक्कुटीभ्याम् kukkuṭībhyām | कुक्कुटीभ्यः kukkuṭībhyaḥ |
| Genitive | कुक्कुट्याः kukkuṭyāḥ | कुक्कुट्योः kukkuṭyoḥ | कुक्कुटीनाम् kukkuṭīnām |
| Locative | कुक्कुट्याम् kukkuṭyām | कुक्कुट्योः kukkuṭyoḥ | कुक्कुटीषु kukkuṭīṣu |
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Descendants
- Pali: kukkuṭī
- Prakrit: 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀟𑀻 (kukkuḍī) (see there for further descendants)
- → Hindi: कुक्कुटी (kukkuṭī)
- → Telugu: కుక్కుటి (kukkuṭi)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “कुक्कुटी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 287, column 1.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “कुक्कुटः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 577
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “कुक्कुट”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 69
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kukkuṭī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 164