kakkaṭaka
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀝𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- कक्कटक (Devanagari script)
- কক্কটক (Bengali script)
- කක්කටක (Sinhalese script)
- ကက္ကဋက or ၵၵ္ၵꩦၵ or ၵၵ်ၵꩦၵ (Burmese script)
- กกฺกฏก or กักกะฏะกะ (Thai script)
- ᨠᨠ᩠ᨠᨭᨠ (Tai Tham script)
- ກກ຺ກຏກ or ກັກກະຏະກະ (Lao script)
- កក្កដក (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄇𑄴𑄇𑄑𑄇 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Formally as kakkaṭa + -ka, but whether kakkaṭa continued into Pali from Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa, “crab”), as opposed to being restored by borrowing, is unclear. This word is clearly related to the Sanskrit word.[1]
Declension
Declension table of "kakkaṭaka" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | kakkaṭako | kakkaṭakā |
| Accusative (second) | kakkaṭakaṃ | kakkaṭake |
| Instrumental (third) | kakkaṭakena | kakkaṭakehi or kakkaṭakebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | kakkaṭakassa or kakkaṭakāya or kakkaṭakatthaṃ | kakkaṭakānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | kakkaṭakasmā or kakkaṭakamhā or kakkaṭakā | kakkaṭakehi or kakkaṭakebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | kakkaṭakassa | kakkaṭakānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | kakkaṭakasmiṃ or kakkaṭakamhi or kakkaṭake | kakkaṭakesu |
| Vocative (calling) | kakkaṭaka | kakkaṭakā |
Descendants
- → Khmer: កក្កដា (kakkədaa)
References
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kakkaṭaka”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
- Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 174.
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