कर्कटक
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কৰ্কটক (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬃᬓᬝᬓ (Balinese script)
- কর্কটক (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰨𑰿𑰎𑰘𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀭𑁆𑀓𑀝𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ကရ်္ကဋက (Burmese script)
- કર્કટક (Gujarati script)
- ਕਰ੍ਕਟਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌕𑌟𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦂꦏꦛꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂩𑂹𑂍𑂗𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಕರ್ಕಟಕ (Kannada script)
- កក៌ដក (Khmer script)
- ກຣ຺ກຏກ (Lao script)
- കര്കടക (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠᡵᡬᠠᢞᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘎𑘘𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᠷᢉᠠᢌᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧈𑧠𑦮𑦸𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐬𑑂𑐎𑐚𑐎 (Newa script)
- କର୍କଟକ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢬ꣄ꢒꢜꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆫𑇀𑆑𑆛𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖨𑖿𑖎𑖘𑖎 (Siddham script)
- කර්කටක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩼 𑪙𑩜𑩦𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚤𑚶𑚊𑚔𑚊 (Takri script)
- கர்கடக (Tamil script)
- కర్కటక (Telugu script)
- กรฺกฏก (Thai script)
- ཀ་རྐ་ཊ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒩𑓂𑒏𑒙𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨫𑩇𑨋𑨔𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of कर्कट (karkaṭa) + -क (-ka)
Pronunciation
Noun
कर्कटक • (karkaṭaka) stem, m
- a crab
- the sign Cancer
- a pair of tongs
- a pair of compasses (cf. कर्कट)
- a kind of plant
- a particular position of the hands
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of कर्कटक (karkaṭaka) | |||
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| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | कर्कटकः karkaṭakaḥ |
कर्कटकौ / कर्कटका¹ karkaṭakau / karkaṭakā¹ |
कर्कटकाः / कर्कटकासः¹ karkaṭakāḥ / karkaṭakāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | कर्कटक karkaṭaka |
कर्कटकौ / कर्कटका¹ karkaṭakau / karkaṭakā¹ |
कर्कटकाः / कर्कटकासः¹ karkaṭakāḥ / karkaṭakāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | कर्कटकम् karkaṭakam |
कर्कटकौ / कर्कटका¹ karkaṭakau / karkaṭakā¹ |
कर्कटकान् karkaṭakān |
| Instrumental | कर्कटकेन karkaṭakena |
कर्कटकाभ्याम् karkaṭakābhyām |
कर्कटकैः / कर्कटकेभिः¹ karkaṭakaiḥ / karkaṭakebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | कर्कटकाय karkaṭakāya |
कर्कटकाभ्याम् karkaṭakābhyām |
कर्कटकेभ्यः karkaṭakebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | कर्कटकात् karkaṭakāt |
कर्कटकाभ्याम् karkaṭakābhyām |
कर्कटकेभ्यः karkaṭakebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | कर्कटकस्य karkaṭakasya |
कर्कटकयोः karkaṭakayoḥ |
कर्कटकानाम् karkaṭakānām |
| Locative | कर्कटके karkaṭake |
कर्कटकयोः karkaṭakayoḥ |
कर्कटकेषु karkaṭakeṣu |
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Descendants
See also
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| मेष (meṣa) | ऋषभ (ṛṣabha) | मिथुन (mithuna) | कर्कटक (karkaṭaka) | ||||||||
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| सिंह (siṃha) | कन्या (kanyā) | तुला (tulā) | वृश्चिक (vṛścika) | ||||||||
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| धनु (dhanu) | मकर (makara) | कुम्भ (kumbha) | मीन (mīna) | ||||||||
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “कर्कटक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 256, column 1.