𑀓𑀸𑀅

• 𑀓𑀸𑀬 (kāya)

Inherited from Sanskrit काक (kā́ka, “crow”, onomatopoeia). Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀸𑀕 (kāga), Pali kāka.

𑀓𑀸𑀅 (kāa) m (Devanagari काअ, Kannada ಕಾಅ, feminine 𑀓𑀸𑀈) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. crow

   Synonym: 𑀯𑀸𑀅𑀲 (vāasa)

   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 564:

     𑀥𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀥𑀼𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀁𑀢𑀫𑀼𑀳𑀸 𑀮𑀁𑀯𑀺𑀅𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 𑀡𑀺𑀉𑀁𑀘𑀺𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀻𑀯𑀸
     𑀯𑀇𑀯𑁂𑀠𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼 𑀓𑀸𑀆 𑀲𑀽𑀮𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀡-𑀯𑁆𑀯 𑀤𑀻𑀲𑀁𑀢𑀺

     dhārādhuvvaṃtamuhā laṃviavakkhā ṇiuṃciaggīvā
     vaïveḍhaṇesu kāā sūlāhiṇṇa-vva dīsaṃti

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       The crows on the boundary fence with their faces bedraggled, their wings drooping, their necks sunken,
       Look as though they had been impaled.

• *𑀓𑀸𑀅-𑀉𑀅 (*kāa-ua)
  • Old Marathi: kāu}}

    Devanagari script: काउ

    Modi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘄

    • Marathi: काऊ (kāū)
• 𑀓𑀸𑀅𑀮 (kāala)
• *𑀓𑀸𑀅-𑀮-𑀅 (*kāa-la-a)
  • Konkani: kāvḷô

    Devanagari script: कावळो

    Kannada script: ಕಾವ್ಳೊ

    Latin script: kavllo

  • Old Marathi: kāuḷā

    Devanagari script: काउळा

    Modi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘄𑘯𑘰

    • Marathi: कावळा (kāvḷā)

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T (1923–1928) “काय”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो (in Hindi), Calcutta: .
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 10
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kāˊka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press