कर्कट
See also: क्रिकेट
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- কৰ্কট (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬃᬓᬝ (Balinese script)
- কর্কট (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰨𑰿𑰎𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀭𑁆𑀓𑀝 (Brahmi script)
- ကရ်္ကဋ (Burmese script)
- કર્કટ (Gujarati script)
- ਕਰ੍ਕਟ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌕𑌟 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦂꦏꦛ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂩𑂹𑂍𑂗 (Kaithi script)
- ಕರ್ಕಟ (Kannada script)
- កក៌ដ (Khmer script)
- ກຣ຺ກຏ (Lao script)
- കര്കട (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠᡵᡬᠠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘎𑘘 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᠷᢉᠠᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧈𑧠𑦮𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐬𑑂𑐎𑐚 (Newa script)
- କର୍କଟ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢬ꣄ꢒꢜ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆫𑇀𑆑𑆛 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖨𑖿𑖎𑖘 (Siddham script)
- කර්කට (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩼 𑪙𑩜𑩦 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚤𑚶𑚊𑚔 (Takri script)
- கர்கட (Tamil script)
- కర్కట (Telugu script)
- กรฺกฏ (Thai script)
- ཀ་རྐ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒩𑓂𑒏𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨫𑩇𑨋𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *karkartas, according to Pokorny, related to कर्कर (karkara, “hard”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”) (see also Welsh crach (“crust”), Proto-Slavic *rakъ (“crayfish”)). Latin cancer and Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”) could also be related, but this is uncertain.
More likely from a substrate language, and possibly cognate with Santali ᱠᱟᱴᱠᱚᱢ (kaṭkôm); however, this is uncertain, as the latter could also be from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₁aam. However, the Santali word is definitely not borrowed from Sanskrit; and a borrowing from Munda languages into Sanskrit is not verifiable.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kɐɾ.kɐ.ʈɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kɐɾ.kɐ.ʈɐ/
Noun
कर्कट • (karkaṭa) stem, m
- crab
- (astrology) the sign Cancer
- a particular bird
- (botany) name of several plants (clarification of this definition is needed)
- the fibrous root of a plant
- the curved end of the beam of a balance (to which the strings supporting the scale are attached)
- a pair of compasses in a particular position
- a particular position of the hands
- a kind of fever
- a kind of coitus
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | कर्कटः (karkaṭaḥ) | कर्कटौ (karkaṭau) कर्कटा¹ (karkaṭā¹) |
कर्कटाः (karkaṭāḥ) कर्कटासः¹ (karkaṭāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | कर्कटम् (karkaṭam) | कर्कटौ (karkaṭau) कर्कटा¹ (karkaṭā¹) |
कर्कटान् (karkaṭān) |
| instrumental | कर्कटेन (karkaṭena) | कर्कटाभ्याम् (karkaṭābhyām) | कर्कटैः (karkaṭaiḥ) कर्कटेभिः¹ (karkaṭebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | कर्कटाय (karkaṭāya) | कर्कटाभ्याम् (karkaṭābhyām) | कर्कटेभ्यः (karkaṭebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | कर्कटात् (karkaṭāt) | कर्कटाभ्याम् (karkaṭābhyām) | कर्कटेभ्यः (karkaṭebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | कर्कटस्य (karkaṭasya) | कर्कटयोः (karkaṭayoḥ) | कर्कटानाम् (karkaṭānām) |
| locative | कर्कटे (karkaṭe) | कर्कटयोः (karkaṭayoḥ) | कर्कटेषु (karkaṭeṣu) |
| vocative | कर्कट (karkaṭa) | कर्कटौ (karkaṭau) कर्कटा¹ (karkaṭā¹) |
कर्कटाः (karkaṭāḥ) कर्कटासः¹ (karkaṭāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Tirahi: [script needed] (kaṅgarā́)
- Southern:
- Eastern:
- Pali: kakkaṭaka
- → Khmer: កក្កដា (kakkaʼdaa)
- Central:
- Western:
- Sindhi:
- Devanagari script: केकड़ो
- Arabic script: ڪڪڙ
- Sindhi:
- → Bengali: কর্কট (korkoṭ)
- → Dhivehi: ކަރުކަށަ (karukaṣa)
- → Telugu: కర్కటము (karkaṭamu)
- → Thai: กรกฎ (gɔɔ-rá-gòt)
- → Tibetan: ཀརྐ་ཊ (krka ṭa)
- → Burmese: ကရကဋ် (ka.ra.kat)
- → Classical Newar: कखडि
- Newar: कःलि (ka:li)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “कर्कट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0256.
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag