अक्का
Marathi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ək.ka/
Noun
अक्का • (akkā) f
- alternative form of आक्का (ākkā)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অক্কা (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬓ᭄ᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
- অক্কা (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰎𑰿𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- အက္ကာ (Burmese script)
- અક્કા (Gujarati script)
- ਅਕ੍ਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌕𑍍𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦏ꧀ꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂍𑂹𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಕ್ಕಾ (Kannada script)
- អក្កា (Khmer script)
- ອກ຺ກາ (Lao script)
- അക്കാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡬᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘎𑘿𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢉᢉᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦮𑧠𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐎𑑂𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଅକ୍କା (Odia script)
- ꢂꢒ꣄ꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆑𑇀𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖎𑖿𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
- අක්කා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩜 𑪙𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚊𑚶𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
- அக்கா (Tamil script)
- అక్కా (Telugu script)
- อกฺกา (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཀྐཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒏𑓂𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨋𑩇𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Sanskrit अक्का (akkā)
From a Proto-Indo-European lallwort *h₂ekkeh₂, compare Latin Acca (Larentia), a Roman goddess, Ancient Greek Ἀκκώ (Akkṓ, “nurse of Demeter”), also cognate to other Indian words, compare Kannada ಅಕ್ಕ (akka), Malayalam അക്ക (akka), Telugu అక్క (akka), Tamil அக்கா (akkā), Sinhalese අක්කා (akkā), Konkani and Marathi अक्का (akkā).[1][2]
note Latin Acca Larentia and Ancient Greek ἀγάλλω (agállō, “to adorn oneself, be vain or crazy”), used to describe women.[3]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐk.kɑː/, [ɐk̚.kɑː]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐk.kɑː/, [ɐk̚.kɑː]
Noun
अक्का • (akkā) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अक्का (akkā) | अक्के (akke) | अक्काः (akkāḥ) |
| accusative | अक्काम् (akkām) | अक्के (akke) | अक्काः (akkāḥ) |
| instrumental | अक्कया (akkayā) अक्का¹ (akkā¹) |
अक्काभ्याम् (akkābhyām) | अक्काभिः (akkābhiḥ) |
| dative | अक्कायै (akkāyai) | अक्काभ्याम् (akkābhyām) | अक्काभ्यः (akkābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अक्कायाः (akkāyāḥ) अक्कायै² (akkāyai²) |
अक्काभ्याम् (akkābhyām) | अक्काभ्यः (akkābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अक्कायाः (akkāyāḥ) अक्कायै² (akkāyai²) |
अक्कयोः (akkayoḥ) | अक्कानाम् (akkānām) |
| locative | अक्कायाम् (akkāyām) | अक्कयोः (akkayoḥ) | अक्कासु (akkāsu) |
| vocative | अक्के (akke) | अक्के (akke) | अक्काः (akkāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (akkā)
References
- ^ Burrow, T[homas] (1948) “Dravidian Studies VII: Further Dravidian words in Sanskrit”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London[1], volume 12, number 2, page 365 of 365–396
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “akkā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 1
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) “akkā”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 15