खग

खग

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit खग (khaga).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʰəɡ/

Noun

खग • (khag) m

1. (poetic) bird

   Synonyms: पक्षी (pakṣī), पंछी (pañchī), परिंदा (parindā)

Declension

Declension of खग (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	खग khag	खग khag
oblique	खग khag	खगों khagõ
vocative	खग khag	खगो khago

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “खग”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬔᬕ (Balinese script)
• খগ (Assamese script)
• খগ (Bengali script)
• 𑰏𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀔𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌖𑌗 (Grantha script)
• ખગ (Gujarati script)
• ਖਗ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦑꦒ (Javanese script)
• ខគ (Khmer script)
• ಖಗ (Kannada script)
• ຂຄ (Lao script)
• ഖഗ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘏𑘐 (Modi script)
• ᠻᠠᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᡘᠠᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
• ခဂ (Burmese script)
• 𑦯𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐏𑐐 (Newa script)
• ଖଗ (Oriya script)
• ꢓꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆒𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖏𑖐 (Siddham script)
• ඛග (Sinhalese script)
• ఖగ (Telugu script)
• ขค (Thai script)
• ཁ་ག (Tibetan script)
• 𑒐𑒑 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Probably from ख (kha, “sky”) +‎ गम् (gam, “to go”); otherwise imitative of a bird's sounds.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ.ɡɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɐ.ɡɐ/

Noun

खग • (khaga) m

1. bird

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of खग
Nom. sg.	खगः (khagaḥ)
Gen. sg.	खगस्य (khagasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	खगः (khagaḥ)	खगौ (khagau)	खगाः (khagāḥ)
Vocative	खग (khaga)	खगौ (khagau)	खगाः (khagāḥ)
Accusative	खगम् (khagam)	खगौ (khagau)	खगान् (khagān)
Instrumental	खगेन (khagena)	खगाभ्याम् (khagābhyām)	खगैः (khagaiḥ)
Dative	खगाय (khagāya)	खगाभ्याम् (khagābhyām)	खगेभ्यः (khagebhyaḥ)
Ablative	खगात् (khagāt)	खगाभ्याम् (khagābhyām)	खगेभ्यः (khagebhyaḥ)
Genitive	खगस्य (khagasya)	खगयोः (khagayoḥ)	खगानाम् (khagānām)
Locative	खगे (khage)	खगयोः (khagayoḥ)	खगेषु (khageṣu)

Descendants

• → Hindi: खग (khag)
• → Marathi: खग (khag)
• → Tulu: ಖಗ (khaga)

References

• “खग” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 143, column 1.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “खग”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 079
• Monier Williams (1899), “ख”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 334, column 2.