लकुट
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- लगुड (laguḍa)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- লকুট (Assamese script)
- ᬮᬓᬸᬝ (Balinese script)
- লকুট (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰎𑰲𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑀓𑀼𑀝 (Brahmi script)
- လကုဋ (Burmese script)
- લકુટ (Gujarati script)
- ਲਕੁਟ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲𑌕𑍁𑌟 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦏꦸꦛ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂍𑂳𑂗 (Kaithi script)
- ಲಕುಟ (Kannada script)
- លកុដ (Khmer script)
- ລກຸຏ (Lao script)
- ലകുട (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᠠᡬᡠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘎𑘳𑘘 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠠᢉᠤᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑦮𑧔𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑐎𑐸𑐚 (Newa script)
- ଲକୁଟ (Odia script)
- ꢭꢒꢸꢜ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆑𑆶𑆛 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖎𑖲𑖘 (Siddham script)
- ලකුට (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩜𑩒𑩦 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚊𑚰𑚔 (Takri script)
- லகுட (Tamil script)
- లకుట (Telugu script)
- ลกุฏ (Thai script)
- ལ་ཀུ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒏𑒳𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨋𑨃𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of unclear origin. Phonetic variant and structure denote a substrate origin likely. Sometimes compared with Latin lacertus (“the upper arm”), Ancient Greek λάξ (láx, “with the foot/heel”), Old Norse leggr (“leg”) – themselves of disputed origin – as well as Persian لگد (lagad, “kick, recoil”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /lɐ.ku.ʈɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /l̪ɐ.ku.ʈɐ/
Noun
लकुट • (lakuṭa) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | लकुटः (lakuṭaḥ) | लकुटौ (lakuṭau) लकुटा¹ (lakuṭā¹) |
लकुटाः (lakuṭāḥ) लकुटासः¹ (lakuṭāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | लकुटम् (lakuṭam) | लकुटौ (lakuṭau) लकुटा¹ (lakuṭā¹) |
लकुटान् (lakuṭān) |
| instrumental | लकुटेन (lakuṭena) | लकुटाभ्याम् (lakuṭābhyām) | लकुटैः (lakuṭaiḥ) लकुटेभिः¹ (lakuṭebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | लकुटाय (lakuṭāya) | लकुटाभ्याम् (lakuṭābhyām) | लकुटेभ्यः (lakuṭebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | लकुटात् (lakuṭāt) | लकुटाभ्याम् (lakuṭābhyām) | लकुटेभ्यः (lakuṭebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | लकुटस्य (lakuṭasya) | लकुटयोः (lakuṭayoḥ) | लकुटानाम् (lakuṭānām) |
| locative | लकुटे (lakuṭe) | लकुटयोः (lakuṭayoḥ) | लकुटेषु (lakuṭeṣu) |
| vocative | लकुट (lakuṭa) | लकुटौ (lakuṭau) लकुटा¹ (lakuṭā¹) |
लकुटाः (lakuṭāḥ) लकुटासः¹ (lakuṭāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “लकुट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 893/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 472
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 84-5