छगल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From an unattested छग (chaga) (compare छाग (chā́ga)) +‎ -ल (-la), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sčágas (compare Ossetian цӕҕӕ (billy-goat) and Wakhi čəɣ̌ (kid)), either from a potential Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱégos (goat, sheep) (compare Proto-Germanic *skēpą),[1] or a borrowing from a substrate language.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

छगल • (chagalá) stemm

  1. a goat
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:अज

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of छगल
singular dual plural
nominative छगलः (chagaláḥ) छगलौ (chagalaú)
छगला¹ (chagalā́¹)
छगलाः (chagalā́ḥ)
छगलासः¹ (chagalā́saḥ¹)
accusative छगलम् (chagalám) छगलौ (chagalaú)
छगला¹ (chagalā́¹)
छगलान् (chagalā́n)
instrumental छगलेन (chagaléna) छगलाभ्याम् (chagalā́bhyām) छगलैः (chagalaíḥ)
छगलेभिः¹ (chagalébhiḥ¹)
dative छगलाय (chagalā́ya) छगलाभ्याम् (chagalā́bhyām) छगलेभ्यः (chagalébhyaḥ)
ablative छगलात् (chagalā́t) छगलाभ्याम् (chagalā́bhyām) छगलेभ्यः (chagalébhyaḥ)
genitive छगलस्य (chagalásya) छगलयोः (chagaláyoḥ) छगलानाम् (chagalā́nām)
locative छगले (chagalé) छगलयोः (chagaláyoḥ) छगलेषु (chagaléṣu)
vocative छगल (chágala) छगलौ (chágalau)
छगला¹ (chágalā¹)
छगलाः (chágalāḥ)
छगलासः¹ (chágalāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

  • छगली (chagalī)
  • छगलिका (chagalikā)
  • छगलक (chagalaka)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 140:*(s)k̂egos
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations[1], Helsinki, page 3

Further reading

  • छगल॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 176, column 1.
  • Monier Williams (1899) “Chagalá”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 404, column 1.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “chagala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 271