कुञ्चिका
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- কুঞ্চিকা (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬸᬜ᭄ᬘᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
- কুঞ্চিকা (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰲𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀼𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ကုဉ္စိကာ (Burmese script)
- કુઞ્ચિકા (Gujarati script)
- ਕੁਞ੍ਚਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑍁𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦸꦚ꧀ꦕꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂳𑂖𑂹𑂒𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಕುಞ್ಚಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
- កុញ្ចិកា (Khmer script)
- ກຸຎ຺ຈິກາ (Lao script)
- കുഞ്ചികാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᡠᠨᡳᠶᢜᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘳𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠤᡛᢋᠢᢉᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧔𑦷𑧠𑦳𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐸𑐘𑑂𑐔𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
- କୁଞ୍ଚିକା (Odia script)
- ꢒꢸꢛ꣄ꢗꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆶𑆚𑇀𑆖𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖲𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
- කුඤ්චිකා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩒𑩥 𑪙𑩡𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚰𑚓𑚶𑚏𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
- குஞ்சிகா (Tamil script)
- కుఞ్చికా (Telugu script)
- กุญฺจิกา (Thai script)
- ཀུ་ཉྩི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒳𑒘𑓂𑒔𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨃𑨓𑩇𑨣𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of unclear origin. Perhaps from कुच् (kuc, “to bend, to draw together”),[1] itself perhaps connected to Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to curve, bend”), whence German Höcker (“hump”).[2]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kuɲ.t͡ɕi.kɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kuɲ.t͡ɕi.kɑː/
Noun
कुञ्चिका • (kuñcikā) stem, f
- key
- name of a fish (=कुचिक (kucika))
- a plant bearing a red and black seed used as a weight; jequirity (Abrus precatorius)
- fennel-flower seed (Nigella indica)
- reed (Trigonella foenum-graecum)
- the branch or shoot of a bamboo
- the bawd
- "key", of a commentary on the mañjūṣā (compare केलिकुञ्चिका (kelikuñcikā))
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | कुञ्चिका (kuñcikā) | कुञ्चिके (kuñcike) | कुञ्चिकाः (kuñcikāḥ) |
| accusative | कुञ्चिकाम् (kuñcikām) | कुञ्चिके (kuñcike) | कुञ्चिकाः (kuñcikāḥ) |
| instrumental | कुञ्चिकया (kuñcikayā) | कुञ्चिकाभ्याम् (kuñcikābhyām) | कुञ्चिकाभिः (kuñcikābhiḥ) |
| dative | कुञ्चिकायै (kuñcikāyai) | कुञ्चिकाभ्याम् (kuñcikābhyām) | कुञ्चिकाभ्यः (kuñcikābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | कुञ्चिकायाः (kuñcikāyāḥ) | कुञ्चिकाभ्याम् (kuñcikābhyām) | कुञ्चिकाभ्यः (kuñcikābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | कुञ्चिकायाः (kuñcikāyāḥ) | कुञ्चिकयोः (kuñcikayoḥ) | कुञ्चिकानाम् (kuñcikānām) |
| locative | कुञ्चिकायाम् (kuñcikāyām) | कुञ्चिकयोः (kuñcikayoḥ) | कुञ्चिकासु (kuñcikāsu) |
| vocative | कुञ्चिके (kuñcike) | कुञ्चिके (kuñcike) | कुञ्चिकाः (kuñcikāḥ) |
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Pali: kuñcikā
- Prakrit: 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀘𑀺𑀬𑀸 (kuṃciyā) (see there for further descendants)
- →? Iranian:
- Proto-Iranian: *kunčit (see there for further descendants)
- → Khmer: កុញ្ចែ (koñcae)
- → Lao: ກະແຈ (ka chǣ)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “कुञ्चिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0287.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kuñcikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 165
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “kukkuramardaka - - kuñcikā-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 95
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “kukṣilá- - kuṭila-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 361