કાકો

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit काक्क (kākka), from Dravidian.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

કાકો • (kākom (feminine કાકી)

  1. paternal uncle (father's brother or cousin)
    Synonym: ચાચો (cāco)
  2. (by extension) uncle (any older unrelated male)
    Coordinate term: માસી (māsī)
  3. (dialectal) stepfather
  4. (dialectal) maternal aunt's husband
    Synonym: માસો (māso)standard

Declension

Declension of કાકો
singular plural
nominative કાકો (kāko) કાકા, કાકાઓ (kākā, kākāo)
oblique કાકા (kākā) કાકાઓ (kākāo)
vocative કાકા (kākā) કાકાઓ (kākāo)
instrumental કાકે (kāke) કાકાએ (kākāe)
locative કાકે (kāke) કાકે (kāke)

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*kākka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 153