चातक
See also: चटक
Sanskrit
Etymology
From a diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *kʷoḱt- (see also Latin co(c)turnīx, Lithuanian vaštaka), metathesis of *u̯ortokʷ- (“quail”).
Noun
चातक • (cātaka) stem, m
- Jacobin cuckoo, Clamator jacobinus (Śak., Ragh., Megh., etc.)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चातकः (cātakaḥ) | चातकौ (cātakau) | चातकाः (cātakāḥ) |
| accusative | चातकम् (cātakam) | चातकौ (cātakau) | चातकान् (cātakān) |
| instrumental | चातकेन (cātakena) | चातकाभ्याम् (cātakābhyām) | चातकैः (cātakaiḥ) |
| dative | चातकाय (cātakāya) | चातकाभ्याम् (cātakābhyām) | चातकेभ्यः (cātakebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चातकात् (cātakāt) | चातकाभ्याम् (cātakābhyām) | चातकेभ्यः (cātakebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चातकस्य (cātakasya) | चातकयोः (cātakayoḥ) | चातकानाम् (cātakānām) |
| locative | चातके (cātake) | चातकयोः (cātakayoḥ) | चातकेषु (cātakeṣu) |
| vocative | चातक (cātaka) | चातकौ (cātakau) | चातकाः (cātakāḥ) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “चातक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0392.