घोटक

घोटक

Sanskrit

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Dravidian *kHutt- (“horse”);[1] compare Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).

Noun

घोटक • (ghoṭaka) m (feminine घोटकी or घोटिका)

1. horse

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of घोटक (ghoṭaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	घोटकः ghoṭakaḥ	घोटकौ ghoṭakau	घोटकाः / घोटकासः¹ ghoṭakāḥ / ghoṭakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	घोटक ghoṭaka	घोटकौ ghoṭakau	घोटकाः / घोटकासः¹ ghoṭakāḥ / ghoṭakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	घोटकम् ghoṭakam	घोटकौ ghoṭakau	घोटकान् ghoṭakān
Instrumental	घोटकेन ghoṭakena	घोटकाभ्याम् ghoṭakābhyām	घोटकैः / घोटकेभिः¹ ghoṭakaiḥ / ghoṭakebhiḥ¹
Dative	घोटकाय ghoṭakāya	घोटकाभ्याम् ghoṭakābhyām	घोटकेभ्यः ghoṭakebhyaḥ
Ablative	घोटकात् ghoṭakāt	घोटकाभ्याम् ghoṭakābhyām	घोटकेभ्यः ghoṭakebhyaḥ
Genitive	घोटकस्य ghoṭakasya	घोटकयोः ghoṭakayoḥ	घोटकानाम् ghoṭakānām
Locative	घोटके ghoṭake	घोटकयोः ghoṭakayoḥ	घोटकेषु ghoṭakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
  • Fiji Hindi: ghorra
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Early Assamese: ঘোড়া (ghöṛa)
    • Assamese: ঘোঁৰা (ghü̃ra)
  • Bengali: ঘোড়া (ghoṛa)
  • Oriya: ଘୋଡ଼ା (ghoṛa)
  • Sylheti: ꠊꠥꠠꠣ (gúṛa)
• Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Konkani: घोडो (ghoḍô)
  • Old Marathi: 𑘑𑘻𑘚𑘳 (ghoḍu)
    • Marathi: घोडा (ghoḍā)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀖𑁄𑀟𑀕 (ghoḍaga)
  • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
    • Old Gujarati:
      • Gujarati: ઘોડો (ghoḍo)
      • Marwari: घोड़ौ (ghoṛau)
    • Saurashtra: ꢕꣁꢞꣁ (ghoḍo)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: घोड़ा (ghoṛā)

    Urdu: گھوڑا‎ (ghoṛā)

  • Nepali: घोडा (ghoḍā)
  • Punjabi: ਘੋੜਾ (ghoṛā) / گھوڑا‎ (ghoṛā)
  • Romani: khuro
  • Sindhi: گهوڙو‎ / घोड़ो (ghoṛo)

References

1. Franklin C. Southworth Proto-Dravidian Agriculture, page 024

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “घोटक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0379.