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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit कुक्कुटी (kukkuṭī). By surface analysis, कुक्कुट (kukkuṭ) + -ई (-ī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kʊk.kʊ.ʈiː/,
Noun
कुक्कुटी • (kukkuṭī) f
- female equivalent of कुक्कुट (kukkuṭ): hen (female chicken)
- Synonyms: मुर्ग़ी (murġī), कुकड़ी (kukṛī)
1977, ज्ञानचंद जैन [jñāncand jain], निगंठ ज्ञातपुत्त: श्रमण भगवान महावीर की जीवनी [nigaṇṭh jñātputt: śramaṇ bhagvān mahāvīr kī jīvnī], page 97:कुक्कुटी के अंडे के बराबर ३२ कौर का आहार पूर्ण आहार माना जाता था […]- kukkuṭī ke aṇḍe ke barābar 32 kaur kā āhār pūrṇ āhār mānā jātā thā […]
- A meal of 32 mouthfuls of the size of a hen’s egg was considered a complete diet.
Declension
Declension of कुक्कुटी (fem ī-stem)
Further reading
- Platts, John T. (1884) “कुक्कुटी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 839
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कुक्कुटी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 202
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology
From कुक्कुट (kukkuṭa) + -ई (-ī).
Pronunciation
Noun
कुक्कुटी • (kukkuṭī) stem, f (Classical Sanskrit)
- female equivalent of कुक्कुट (kukkuṭa): hen (female chicken)
2004, Bhāratī - Volume 55, Saṃskrṛtapracārapariṣad Rājasthānam, page 11:मार्जारी कुक्कुट्या उपरि आक्रमितुमुद्यतैवासीत् तदैव कुक्कुटोऽवदत्- मातृभगिनि समा त्वं, मम कथनं शृणु- अधुना त्वमेनां त्यज।- mārjārī kukkuṭyā upari ākramitumudyataivāsīt tadaiva kukkuṭoʼvadat- mātṛbhagini samā tvaṃ, mama kathanaṃ śṛṇu- adhunā tvamenāṃ tyaja.
- Just as the cat was ready to attack over the hen, the cock said- you are like my mother's sister, listen to me- leave her for now.
Declension
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “कुक्कुटी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 287, column 1.
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- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kukkuṭī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 164