अजगर

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See also: अजगरी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अजगर (ajagara, literally “goat swallower”).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /əd͡ʒ.ɡəɾ/,
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

अजगर • (ajgar) m (Urdu spelling اجگر)

  1. python (a type of large snake)
    अजगर एक मामूली सांप से अधिक ख़तरनाक होता है।
    ajgar ek māmūlī sāmp se adhik xatarnāk hotā hai.
    The python happens to be more dangerous than a run-of-the-mill snake.
  2. Large snakes like anaconda, boa constrictors etc
  3. (figuratively) a ponderous or unwieldy object

Declension

Declension of अजगर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct अजगर
ajgar 		अजगर
ajgar
oblique अजगर
ajgar 		अजगरों
ajgarõ
vocative अजगर
ajgar 		अजगरो
ajgaro

Konkani

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अजगर (ajagara).

Pronunciation

Noun

अजगर • (ajgar) (Latin script ozgor, Kannada script ಅಜಗರ)

  1. a python

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अजगर (ajagara).

Pronunciation

Noun

अजगर • (ajgar) m

  1. a python

References

  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “अजगर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 20.

Pali

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Noun

अजगर m

  1. Devanagari script form of ajagara (“python”)

Declension

Declension table of "अजगर" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)अजगरो (ajagaro)अजगरा (ajagarā)
Accusative (second)अजगरं (ajagaraṃ)अजगरे (ajagare)
Instrumental (third)अजगरेन (ajagarena)अजगरेहि (ajagarehi) or अजगरेभि (ajagarebhi)
Dative (fourth)अजगरस्स (ajagarassa) or अजगराय (ajagarāya) or अजगरत्थं (ajagaratthaṃ)अजगरानं (ajagarānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)अजगरस्मा (ajagarasmā) or अजगरम्हा (ajagaramhā) or अजगरा (ajagarā)अजगरेहि (ajagarehi) or अजगरेभि (ajagarebhi)
Genitive (sixth)अजगरस्स (ajagarassa)अजगरानं (ajagarānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)अजगरस्मिं (ajagarasmiṃ) or अजगरम्हि (ajagaramhi) or अजगरे (ajagare)अजगरेसु (ajagaresu)
Vocative (calling)अजगर (ajagara)अजगरा (ajagarā)

Prakrit

Noun

अजगर (ajagara)

  1. Devanagari script form of 𑀅𑀚𑀕𑀭 (“python”)

Sanskrit

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Etymology

Compound of अज (aja, “goat”) +‎ गर (gara, “swallowing; swallower”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷórh₃-o-s (“swallowing; swallower”). Compare Ancient Greek βόρος (bóros, “swallowing; a swallower”). Literally meaning "goat swallower".

Pronunciation

Noun

अजगर • (ajagará) stem, m

  1. a python, a large serpent
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 11.2.25:
      शिंशुमारा अजगराः पुरीकया जषा मत्स्या रजसा येभ्यो अस्यसि ।
      न ते दूरं न परिष्ठास्ति ते भव सद्यः सर्वां परि पश्यसि भूमिं पूर्वस्माद्धंस्युत्तरस्मिन्त्समुद्रे ॥
      śiṃśumā́rā ajagarā́ḥ purīkáyā jaṣā́ mátsyā rajasā́ yébhyo ásyasi.
      ná te dūráṃ ná pariṣṭhā́sti te bhava sadyáḥ sárvāṃ pári paśyasi bhū́miṃ pū́rvasmāddhaṃsyúttarasmintsamudré.
      Porpoises, serpents, strange aquatic monsters, fishes, and things unclean at which thou shootest.
      Nothing is far for thee, naught stops thee, Bhava! The whole earth in a moment thou surveyest. From the east sea thou smitest in the northern.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अजगर (ajagará)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अजगरः
ajagaráḥ 		अजगरौ / अजगरा¹
ajagaraú / ajagarā́¹ 		अजगराः / अजगरासः¹
ajagarā́ḥ / ajagarā́saḥ¹
Vocative अजगर
ájagara 		अजगरौ / अजगरा¹
ájagarau / ájagarā¹ 		अजगराः / अजगरासः¹
ájagarāḥ / ájagarāsaḥ¹
Accusative अजगरम्
ajagarám 		अजगरौ / अजगरा¹
ajagaraú / ajagarā́¹ 		अजगरान्
ajagarā́n
Instrumental अजगरेण
ajagaréṇa 		अजगराभ्याम्
ajagarā́bhyām 		अजगरैः / अजगरेभिः¹
ajagaraíḥ / ajagarébhiḥ¹
Dative अजगराय
ajagarā́ya 		अजगराभ्याम्
ajagarā́bhyām 		अजगरेभ्यः
ajagarébhyaḥ
Ablative अजगरात्
ajagarā́t 		अजगराभ्याम्
ajagarā́bhyām 		अजगरेभ्यः
ajagarébhyaḥ
Genitive अजगरस्य
ajagarásya 		अजगरयोः
ajagaráyoḥ 		अजगराणाम्
ajagarā́ṇām
Locative अजगरे
ajagaré 		अजगरयोः
ajagaráyoḥ 		अजगरेषु
ajagaréṣu
Notes
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