अजगर

See also: अजगरी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अजगर (ajagara, literally “goat swallower”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /əd͡ʒ.ɡəɾ/, [ɐd͡ʒ.ɡɐɾ]
Audio (Delhi): (file)

Noun

अजगर • (ajgar) m (Urdu spelling اجگر)

python (a type of large snake)
अजगर एक सामान्य साँप से अधिक विध्वंसक होता है।
ajgar ek sāmānya sā̃p se adhik vidhvansak hotā hai.
A python is more destructive than an ordinary snake.
Large snakes like anaconda, boa constrictors etc
(figuratively) a ponderous or unwieldy object

Declension

Declension of *अजगर* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	अजगर ajgar	अजगर ajgar
oblique	अजगर ajgar	अजगरों ajgarõ
vocative	अजगर ajgar	अजगरो ajgaro

Konkani

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अजगर (ajagara).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əz.ɡəːɾ/

Noun

अजगर • (ajgar) (Latin script ozgor, Kannada script ಅಜಗರ)

a python

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अजगर (ajagara).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əd͡ʑ.ɡəɾ/
Hyphenation: अज‧गर
Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

अजगर • (ajgar) m

a python

Declension

Declension of अजगर (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	अजगर ajgar
direct plural	अजगर ajgar
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	अजगर ajgar	अजगर ajgar
oblique सामान्यरूप	अजगरा ajagrā	अजगरां- ajagrān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	अजगराला ajagrālā	अजगरांना ajagrānnā
ergative	अजगराने, अजगरानं ajagrāne, ajagrāna	अजगरांनी ajagrānnī
instrumental	अजगराशी ajagrāśī	अजगरांशी ajagrānśī
locative सप्तमी	अजगरात ajagrāt	अजगरांत ajagrāt
vocative संबोधन	अजगरा ajagrā	अजगरांनो ajagrānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of अजगर (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	अजगराचा ajagrāċā	अजगराचे ajagrāċe	अजगराची ajagrācī	अजगराच्या ajagrācā	अजगराचे, अजगराचं ajagrāċe, ajagrāċa	अजगराची ajagrācī	अजगराच्या ajagrācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	अजगरांचा ajagrānċā	अजगरांचे ajagrānċe	अजगरांची ajagrāñcī	अजगरांच्या ajagrāncā	अजगरांचे, अजगरांचं ajagrānċe, ajagrānċa	अजगरांची ajagrāñcī	अजगरांच्या ajagrāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “अजगर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 20

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ajagara (Latin script)
𑀅𑀚𑀕𑀭 (Brahmi script)
অজগর (Bengali script)
අජගර (Sinhalese script)
အဇဂရ or ဢၹၷရ (Burmese script)
อชคร or อะชะคะระ (Thai script)
ᩋᨩᨣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
ອຊຄຣ or ອະຊະຄະຣະ (Lao script)
អជគរ (Khmer script)
𑄃𑄎𑄉𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

अजगर m

Devanagari script form of ajagara (“python”)

Declension

Declension table of "अजगर" (masculine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	अजगरो (ajagaro)	अजगरा (ajagarā)
Accusative (second)	अजगरं (ajagaraṃ)	अजगरे (ajagare)
Instrumental (third)	अजगरेन (ajagarena)	अजगरेहि (ajagarehi) or अजगरेभि (ajagarebhi)
Dative (fourth)	अजगरस्स (ajagarassa) or अजगराय (ajagarāya) or अजगरत्थं (ajagaratthaṃ)	अजगरानं (ajagarānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	अजगरस्मा (ajagarasmā) or अजगरम्हा (ajagaramhā) or अजगरा (ajagarā)	अजगरेहि (ajagarehi) or अजगरेभि (ajagarebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	अजगरस्स (ajagarassa)	अजगरानं (ajagarānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	अजगरस्मिं (ajagarasmiṃ) or अजगरम्हि (ajagaramhi) or अजगरे (ajagare)	अजगरेसु (ajagaresu)
Vocative (calling)	अजगर (ajagara)	अजगरा (ajagarā)

Prakrit

Noun

अजगर (ajagara)

Devanagari script form of 𑀅𑀚𑀕𑀭 (“python”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

অজগৰ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬚᬕᬭ (Balinese script)
অজগর (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰕𑰐𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀚𑀕𑀭 (Brahmi script)
အဇဂရ (Burmese script)
અજગર (Gujarati script)
ਅਜਗਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌜𑌗𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦗꦒꦫ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂔𑂏𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಅಜಗರ (Kannada script)
អជគរ (Khmer script)
ອຊຄຣ (Lao script)
അജഗര (Malayalam script)
ᠠᡯᠠᡤᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘕𑘐𑘨 (Modi script)
ᠠᠽᠠᠺᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑦵𑦰𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐖𑐐𑐬 (Newa script)
ଅଜଗର (Odia script)
ꢂꢙꢔꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆘𑆓𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖕𑖐𑖨 (Siddham script)
අජගර (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩣𑩞𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚑𑚌𑚤 (Takri script)
அஜக³ர (Tamil script)
అజగర (Telugu script)
อชคร (Thai script)
ཨ་ཛ་ག་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒖𑒑𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨥𑨍𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of अज (aja, “goat”) +‎ गर (gara, “swallowing; swallower”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷórh₃-o-s (“swallowing; swallower”). Compare Ancient Greek βόρος (bóros, “swallowing; a swallower”). Literally meaning "goat swallower".

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.d͡ʑɐ.ɡɐ.ɾɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.d͡ʑɐ.ɡɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

अ॒ज॒ग॒र • (ajagará) stem, m

a python, a large serpent
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 11.2.25:
  शिंशुमारा अजगराः पुरीकया जषा मत्स्या रजसा येभ्यो अस्यसि ।
  न ते दूरं न परिष्ठास्ति ते भव सद्यः सर्वां परि पश्यसि भूमिं पूर्वस्माद्धंस्युत्तरस्मिन्त्समुद्रे ॥
  śiṃśumā́rā ajagarā́ḥ purīkáyā jaṣā́ mátsyā rajasā́ yébhyo ásyasi.
  ná te dūráṃ ná pariṣṭhā́sti te bhava sadyáḥ sárvāṃ pári paśyasi bhū́miṃ pū́rvasmāddhaṃsyúttarasmintsamudré.
  Porpoises, serpents, strange aquatic monsters, fishes, and things unclean at which thou shootest.
  Nothing is far for thee, naught stops thee, Bhava! The whole earth in a moment thou surveyest. From the east sea thou smitest in the northern.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अ॒ज॒ग॒र
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अ॒ज॒ग॒रः (ajagaráḥ)	अ॒ज॒ग॒रौ (ajagaráu) अ॒ज॒ग॒रा¹ (ajagarā́¹)	अ॒ज॒ग॒राः (ajagarā́ḥ) अ॒ज॒ग॒रासः॑¹ (ajagarā́saḥ¹)
accusative	अ॒ज॒ग॒रम् (ajagarám)	अ॒ज॒ग॒रौ (ajagaráu) अ॒ज॒ग॒रा¹ (ajagarā́¹)	अ॒ज॒ग॒रान् (ajagarā́n)
instrumental	अ॒ज॒ग॒रेण॑ (ajagaréṇa)	अ॒ज॒ग॒राभ्या॑म् (ajagarā́bhyām)	अ॒ज॒ग॒रैः (ajagaráiḥ) अ॒ज॒ग॒रेभिः॑¹ (ajagarébhiḥ¹)
dative	अ॒ज॒ग॒राय॑ (ajagarā́ya)	अ॒ज॒ग॒राभ्या॑म् (ajagarā́bhyām)	अ॒ज॒ग॒रेभ्यः॑ (ajagarébhyaḥ)
ablative	अ॒ज॒ग॒रात् (ajagarā́t)	अ॒ज॒ग॒राभ्या॑म् (ajagarā́bhyām)	अ॒ज॒ग॒रेभ्यः॑ (ajagarébhyaḥ)
genitive	अ॒ज॒ग॒रस्य॑ (ajagarásya)	अ॒ज॒ग॒रयोः॑ (ajagaráyoḥ)	अ॒ज॒ग॒राणा॑म् (ajagarā́ṇām)
locative	अ॒ज॒ग॒रे (ajagaré)	अ॒ज॒ग॒रयोः॑ (ajagaráyoḥ)	अ॒ज॒ग॒रेषु॑ (ajagaréṣu)
vocative	अज॑गर (ájagara)	अज॑गरौ (ájagarau) अज॑गरा¹ (ájagarā¹)	अज॑गराः (ájagarāḥ) अज॑गरासः¹ (ájagarāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

आजगर (ājagara)

Descendants

Pali: ajagara
Prakrit: 𑀅𑀚𑀕𑀭 (ajagara), 𑀅𑀬𑀕𑀭 (ayagara)
- Marathi: आर (ār)
→ Assamese: অজগৰ (ozogor)
→ Bengali: অজগর (ojogor)
→ Gujarati: અજગર (ajagar)
→ Hindi: अजगर (ajgar)
→ Konkani: अजगर (ajgar)
→ Marathi: अजगर (ajgar)
→ Odia: ଅଜଗର (ajagara)
→ Telugu: అజగరము (ajagaramu)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “अजगर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 9, column 2.