કાકા

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Gujarati

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit काक्क (kākka), from Dravidian.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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કાકા (kākām (feminine કાકી)

  1. paternal uncle (father's younger brother)
  2. (by extension) any older male

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*kākka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 153