जलूका

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

जलौका (jalaukā), जलुका (jalukā), जलौकस् (jalaukas)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

জলূকা (Assamese script)
ᬚᬮᬹᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
জলূকা (Bengali script)
𑰕𑰩𑰳𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑀮𑀽𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ဇလူကာ (Burmese script)
જલૂકા (Gujarati script)
ਜਲੂਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌜𑌲𑍂𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦗꦭꦹꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂔𑂪𑂴𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಜಲೂಕಾ (Kannada script)
ជលូកា (Khmer script)
ຊລູກາ (Lao script)
ജലൂകാ (Malayalam script)
ᡯᠠᠯᡠᡠᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘕𑘩𑘴𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠽᠠᠯᠤᠤᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦵𑧉𑧕𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑐮𑐹𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
ଜଲୂକା (Odia script)
ꢙꢭꢹꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑆬𑆷𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖩𑖳𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
ජලූකා (Sinhalese script)
𑩣𑩽𑩒𑩛𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚑𑚥𑚱𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
ஜலூகா (Tamil script)
జలూకా (Telugu script)
ชลูกา (Thai script)
ཛ་ལཱུ་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑒪𑒴𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨥𑨬𑨃𑨊𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́aluš, potentially from Proto-Indo-European *ǵelu-. Compare Persian .

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.luː.kɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.l̪uː.kɑː/

Noun

जलूका • (jalūkā) stem, f

leech

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of जलूका
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जलूका (jalūkā)	जलूके (jalūke)	जलूकाः (jalūkāḥ)
accusative	जलूकाम् (jalūkām)	जलूके (jalūke)	जलूकाः (jalūkāḥ)
instrumental	जलूकया (jalūkayā)	जलूकाभ्याम् (jalūkābhyām)	जलूकाभिः (jalūkābhiḥ)
dative	जलूकायै (jalūkāyai)	जलूकाभ्याम् (jalūkābhyām)	जलूकाभ्यः (jalūkābhyaḥ)
ablative	जलूकायाः (jalūkāyāḥ)	जलूकाभ्याम् (jalūkābhyām)	जलूकाभ्यः (jalūkābhyaḥ)
genitive	जलूकायाः (jalūkāyāḥ)	जलूकयोः (jalūkayoḥ)	जलूकानाम् (jalūkānām)
locative	जलूकायाम् (jalūkāyām)	जलूकयोः (jalūkayoḥ)	जलूकासु (jalūkāsu)
vocative	जलूके (jalūke)	जलूके (jalūke)	जलूकाः (jalūkāḥ)

Descendants

Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: জোক (zük)
- Bengali: জোঁক (jō̃k)
Maharastri Prakrit:
- Marathi: जळू (j̈aḷū)
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑁄𑀓𑁆 (jok)
- Gujarati: જળો (jaḷo)
- Hindustani:
  Hindi: जोंक (jõk)
  
  Urdu: جونک (joṅk)
- Nepali: जुका (jukā)
- Punjabi: ਜੋਕ (jok) / جوک (jok)
- Sindhi: ڄَرُ / ॼरु (j̈aru), ڄؤر / ॼौर (j̈aura)

References

“जलौका, जलौकस्” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 183, column 2.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “जलूका”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 100
Monier Williams (1899) “Jalūkā”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 416, column 1.