जलूका
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- जलौका (jalaukā), जलुका (jalukā), जलौकस् (jalaukas)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬚᬮᬹᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
- জলূকা (Assamese script)
- জলূকা (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰩𑰳𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀮𑀽𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌜𑌲𑍂𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
- જલૂકા (Gujarati script)
- ਜਲੂਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦗꦭꦹꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
- ជលូកា (Khmer script)
- ಜಲೂಕಾ (Kannada script)
- ຊລູກາ (Lao script)
- ജലൂകാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘕𑘩𑘴𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᠯᠤᠤᢉᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᡯᠠᠯᡠᡠᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- ဇလူကာ (Burmese script)
- 𑦵𑧉𑧕𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐮𑐹𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଜଲୂକା (Oriya script)
- ꢙꢭꢹꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆬𑆷𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖩𑖳𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ජලූකා (Sinhalese script)
- జలూకా (Telugu script)
- ชลูกา (Thai script)
- ཛ་ལཱུ་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒪𑒴𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵelu-. Compare Old Irish gil.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ.luː.kɑː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐˈl̪uː.kɑː/
Noun
जलूका • (jalūkā) f
- leech
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem declension of जलूका | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | जलूका (jalūkā) | ||
| Gen. sg. | जलूकायाः (jalūkāyāḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | जलूका (jalūkā) | जलूके (jalūke) | जलूकाः (jalūkāḥ) |
| Vocative | जलूके (jalūke) | जलूके (jalūke) | जलूकाः (jalūkāḥ) |
| Accusative | जलूकाम् (jalūkām) | जलूके (jalūke) | जलूकाः (jalūkāḥ) |
| Instrumental | जलूकया (jalūkayā) | जलूकाभ्याम् (jalūkābhyām) | जलूकाभिः (jalūkābhiḥ) |
| Dative | जलूकायै (jalūkāyai) | जलूकाभ्याम् (jalūkābhyām) | जलूकाभ्यः (jalūkābhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | जलूकायाः (jalūkāyāḥ) | जलूकाभ्याम् (jalūkābhyām) | जलूकाभ्यः (jalūkābhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | जलूकायाः (jalūkāyāḥ) | जलूकयोः (jalūkayoḥ) | जलूकानाम् (jalūkānām) |
| Locative | जलूकायाम् (jalūkāyām) | जलूकयोः (jalūkayoḥ) | जलूकासु (jalūkāsu) |
Descendants
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: জোক (zük)
- Bengali: জোঁক (jõkô)
- Maharastri Prakrit:
- Marathi: जळू (j̈aḷū)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑁄𑀓𑁆 (jok)
- Gujarati: જળો (jaḷo)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: जोंक (joṅk)
- Urdu: جونک (joṅk)
- Nepali: जुका (jukā)
- Punjabi: ਜੋਕ (jok) / جوک (jok)
- Sindhi: ڄَرُ / ॼरु (j̈aru), ڄؤر / ॼौर (j̈aura)
References
- “जलौका, जलौकस्” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 183, column 2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “जलूका”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 100
- Monier Williams (1899), “Jalūkā”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 416, column 1.