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Etymology Cognate with Garo kak This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun काक (kaak )
basket
Pali
Alternative scripts
kāka ( Latin script ) 𑀓𑀸𑀓 ( Brahmi script ) কাক ( Bengali script ) කාක ( Sinhalese script ) ကာက ၵႃၵ ( Burmese script ) กาก กากะ ( Thai script ) ᨠᩣᨠ ( Tai Tham script ) ກາກ ກາກະ ( Lao script ) កាក ( Khmer script ) 𑄇𑄂𑄇 ( Chakma script )
Noun काक m
Devanagari script form ofkāka
Declension Declension table of "काक" (masculine)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
কাক ( Assamese script ) ᬓᬵᬓ ( Balinese script ) কাক ( Bengali script ) 𑰎𑰯𑰎 ( Bhaiksuki script ) 𑀓𑀸𑀓 ( Brahmi script ) ကာက ( Burmese script ) કાક ( Gujarati script ) ਕਾਕ ( Gurmukhi script ) 𑌕𑌾𑌕 ( Grantha script ) ꦏꦴꦏ ( Javanese script ) 𑂍𑂰𑂍 ( Kaithi script ) ಕಾಕ ( Kannada script ) កាក ( Khmer script ) ກາກ ( Lao script ) കാക ( Malayalam script ) ᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᡬᠠ ( Manchu script ) 𑘎𑘰𑘎 ( Modi script ) ᢉᠠᢗᢉᠠ ( Mongolian script ) 𑦮𑧑𑦮 ( Nandinagari script ) 𑐎𑐵𑐎 ( Newa script ) କାକ ( Odia script ) ꢒꢵꢒ ( Saurashtra script ) 𑆑𑆳𑆑 ( Sharada script ) 𑖎𑖯𑖎 ( Siddham script ) කාක ( Sinhalese script ) 𑩜𑩛𑩜 ( Soyombo script ) 𑚊𑚭𑚊 ( Takri script ) காக ( Tamil script ) కాక ( Telugu script ) กาก ( Thai script ) ཀཱ་ཀ ( Tibetan script ) 𑒏𑒰𑒏 ( Tirhuta script ) 𑨋𑨊𑨋 ( Zanabazar Square script )
Etymology Imitative , similar to Old High German kā ( “ crow, jackdaw ” ) , Middle Low German kâ ( “ crow, jackdaw ” ) or Derived from Proto-Dravidian *kākkay
Pronunciation
Noun काक • (kāka ) stem , m
( onomatopoeia ) crow ( onomatopoeia ) ( poetry )
Descendants
Descendants
Dardic:
Gawar-Bati: کوٹو ( káuṭɔ )
Indus Kohistani: qā
Kashmiri: کاو ( kāv )
Khowar: کاغ ( kaġ )
Pashayi:
Shina: کاں ( kā̃ ) Kohistani Shina: کاہ ( kāh )
Torwali: کک ( kak )
Pali: kāka kākī
Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀬 ( kāya ) , 𑀓𑀸𑀈 ( kāī ) Central:
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀕 ( kāga ) Sauraseni Apabhramsa:Old Hindi:Hindustani:
Hindi: काग ( kāg )
Urdu: کَاگ ( kāg )
Eastern:
Magadhi Prakrit:Early Assamese:
Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠅꠅꠣ ( xaooa )
Northern:
Northwestern:
Paisaci Prakrit:Takka Apabhramsa:Lahnda: کاں ( kā̃ )
Punjabi: kā̃ Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਂ ( kā̃ )
Shahmukhi script: کاں ( kāṉ )
Vracada Apabhramsa:Sindhi: kā̃ Arabic script: ڪَان
Devanagari script: कां
Southern:
Helu Prakrit:
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀅 ( kāa ) see there for further descendants )
Western:
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀕 ( kāga )
⇒ Prakrit: *𑀓𑀸𑀓-𑀉𑀓 ( *kāka-uka ) Central:
Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀓𑀸𑀕-𑀉𑀕 ( *kāga-uga ) [ 1]
Eastern:
Magadhi Prakrit:Bengali: কাউয়া ( kauẏa )
Bihari:
Odia: କାଉ ( kāu )
Northern:
Khasa Prakrit:Central Pahari:
Western Pahari:
Northwestern:
Paisaci Prakrit:Takka Apabhramsa:
Vracada Apabhramsa:Sindhi: kā̃ũ Arabic script: ڪَاءُن
Devanagari script: काउं
Southern:
Western:
⇒ Prakrit: *𑀓𑀸𑀓-𑀭 ( *kāka-ra ) ⇒ Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀓𑀮 ( kākala )
Borrowed terms → Bengali: কাক ( kak ) → Kannada: ಕಾಕ ( kāka ) → Malayalam: കാകം ( kākaṁ ) → Old Marathi: kāg Devanagari script: काग
Modi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘐 → Tamil: காகம் ( kākam ) → Telugu: కాకము ( kākamu ) కాకి ( kāki )
References
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985 ) “kāˊka ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages , London: Oxford University Press