चातक
See also: चटक
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চাতক (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬵᬢᬓ (Balinese script)
- চাতক (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰯𑰝𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀸𑀢𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- စာတက (Burmese script)
- ચાતક (Gujarati script)
- ਚਾਤਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌾𑌤𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦴꦠꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂰𑂞𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಾತಕ (Kannada script)
- ចាតក (Khmer script)
- ຈາຕກ (Lao script)
- ചാതക (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠ᠊ᠠᢠᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘰𑘝𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᢗᢐᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧑𑦽𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐵𑐟𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଚାତକ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢵꢡꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆳𑆠𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖯𑖝𑖎 (Siddham script)
- චාතක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩛𑩫𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚭𑚙𑚊 (Takri script)
- சாதக (Tamil script)
- చాతక (Telugu script)
- จาตก (Thai script)
- ཙཱ་ཏ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒰𑒞𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨊𑨙𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
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.