उषःकल

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • उषाकल (uṣākala)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From उषस् (uṣás, dawn) + Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (to shout, to make a noise). Compare Old English hlōwan (to make a noise), Latin clāmō (to call out) (English claim), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō, I call, summon).

Pronunciation

Noun

उषःकल • (uṣaḥkala) stemm

  1. "calling out at dawn", "crying at daybreak"; a rooster, a cock

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of उषःकल
singular dual plural
nominative उषःकलः (uṣaḥkalaḥ) उषःकलौ (uṣaḥkalau) उषःकलाः (uṣaḥkalāḥ)
accusative उषःकलम् (uṣaḥkalam) उषःकलौ (uṣaḥkalau) उषःकलान् (uṣaḥkalān)
instrumental उषःकलेन (uṣaḥkalena) उषःकलाभ्याम् (uṣaḥkalābhyām) उषःकलैः (uṣaḥkalaiḥ)
dative उषःकलाय (uṣaḥkalāya) उषःकलाभ्याम् (uṣaḥkalābhyām) उषःकलेभ्यः (uṣaḥkalebhyaḥ)
ablative उषःकलात् (uṣaḥkalāt) उषःकलाभ्याम् (uṣaḥkalābhyām) उषःकलेभ्यः (uṣaḥkalebhyaḥ)
genitive उषःकलस्य (uṣaḥkalasya) उषःकलयोः (uṣaḥkalayoḥ) उषःकलानाम् (uṣaḥkalānām)
locative उषःकले (uṣaḥkale) उषःकलयोः (uṣaḥkalayoḥ) उषःकलेषु (uṣaḥkaleṣu)
vocative उषःकल (uṣaḥkala) उषःकलौ (uṣaḥkalau) उषःकलाः (uṣaḥkalāḥ)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “उषःकल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 220/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 37