काक

See also: काकू and काका

Khaling

Etymology

Cognate with Garo kak. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

काक (kaak)

1. basket

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• kāka (Latin script)
• 𑀓𑀸𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• কাক (Bengali script)
• කාක (Sinhalese script)
• ကာက or ၵႃၵ (Burmese script)
• กาก or กากะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᩣᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ກາກ or ກາກະ (Lao script)
• កាក (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄂𑄇 (Chakma script)

Noun

काक m

1. Devanagari script form of kāka

Declension

Declension table of "काक" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	काको (kāko)	काका (kākā)
Accusative (second)	काकं (kākaṃ)	काके (kāke)
Instrumental (third)	काकेन (kākena)	काकेहि (kākehi) or काकेभि (kākebhi)
Dative (fourth)	काकस्स (kākassa) or काकाय (kākāya) or काकत्थं (kākatthaṃ)	काकानं (kākānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	काकस्मा (kākasmā) or काकम्हा (kākamhā) or काका (kākā)	काकेहि (kākehi) or काकेभि (kākebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	काकस्स (kākassa)	काकानं (kākānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	काकस्मिं (kākasmiṃ) or काकम्हि (kākamhi) or काके (kāke)	काकेसु (kākesu)
Vocative (calling)	काक (kāka)	काका (kākā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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 borrowed from Dravidian, from Proto-Dravidian *kākkay, the latter likely also imitative. See also English caw caw.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑ́ː.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɑː.kɐ/

Noun

काक॑ • (kā́ka) stem, m

1. (onomatopoeia) (imitation of the cawing of the crow), a crow
2. (onomatopoeia) (imitation of the crowing of the rooster)
3. (poetry) an expression of contempt

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of काक॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	काकः॑ (kā́kaḥ)	काकौ॑ (kā́kau) काका॑¹ (kā́kā¹)	काकाः॑ (kā́kāḥ) काका॑सः¹ (kā́kāsaḥ¹)
accusative	काक॑म् (kā́kam)	काकौ॑ (kā́kau) काका॑¹ (kā́kā¹)	काका॑न् (kā́kān)
instrumental	काके॑न (kā́kena)	काका॑भ्याम् (kā́kābhyām)	काकैः॑ (kā́kaiḥ) काके॑भिः¹ (kā́kebhiḥ¹)
dative	काका॑य (kā́kāya)	काका॑भ्याम् (kā́kābhyām)	काके॑भ्यः (kā́kebhyaḥ)
ablative	काका॑त् (kā́kāt)	काका॑भ्याम् (kā́kābhyām)	काके॑भ्यः (kā́kebhyaḥ)
genitive	काक॑स्य (kā́kasya)	काक॑योः (kā́kayoḥ)	काका॑नाम् (kā́kānām)
locative	काके॑ (kā́ke)	काक॑योः (kā́kayoḥ)	काके॑षु (kā́keṣu)
vocative	काक॑ (kā́ka)	काकौ॑ (kā́kau) काका॑¹ (kā́kā¹)	काकाः॑ (kā́kāḥ) काका॑सः¹ (kā́kāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Gawar-Bati: کوٹو (káuṭɔ)
  • Indus Kohistani: qā
  • Kashmiri: کاو (kāv)
  • Khowar: کاغ (kaġ)
  • Pashayi:
    • Northwest Pashayi: kāīk, kaī
  • 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:
        • Assamese: কাউৰী (kauri), কোৱা (küa)
      • Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠃꠀ (xaua), ꠇꠣꠅꠅꠣ (xaooa)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Nepali: काग (kāg)
  • 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 (kā̃)

          Devanagari script: कां

  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ކާޅު (kāḷu), ކައުޅު (kauḷu)
      • Sinhalese: කා (kā)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀅 (kāa) (see there for further descendants)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀕 (kāga)
      • Gurjara Apabhramsa:
        • Old Gujarati:
          • Gujarati: કાગ (kāg), કાગડો (kāgḍo)
  • ⇒ Prakrit: *𑀓𑀸𑀓-𑀉𑀓 (*kāka-uka)
    • Central:
      • Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀓𑀸𑀕-𑀉𑀕 (*kāga-uga)
        • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
          • Hindustani:
            • Hindi: कौआ (kauā)
            • Urdu: کَوّا (kavvā)
    • Eastern:
      • Magadhi Prakrit:
        • Bengali: কাউয়া (kauẏa)
        • Bihari:
          • Bhojpuri: कउआ (kauā)
        • Odia: କାଉ (kāu)
    • Northern:
      • Khasa Prakrit:
        • Central Pahari:
          • Kumaoni: कव (kaw)
        • Western Pahari:
          • Bhadrawahi: कौ (kau)
    • Northwestern:
      • Paisaci Prakrit:
        • Takka Apabhramsa:
          • Lahnda: کاءں (kāũ)
          • Punjabi: ਕਂਉ (kãu), ਕਊਆ (kaūā), ਕਾਉਣੀ (kāuṇī)
        • Vracada Apabhramsa:
          • Sindhi: kā̃ũ

            Arabic script: ڪَاءُن (kāũ)

            Devanagari script: काउं

    • Southern:
      • Maharastri Prakrit:
        • Marathi: काऊ (kāū)
    • Western:
      • Sauraseni Prakrit:
        • Gujarati: કાઉ (kāu)
  • ⇒ Prakrit: *𑀓𑀸𑀓-𑀭 (*kāka-ra)
    • Eastern:
      • Magadhi Prakrit:
        • Assamese: কাউৰী (kauri)
  • ⇒ Prakrit: 𑀓𑀸𑀓𑀮 (kākala)
    • Southern:
      • Maharastri Prakrit:
        • Konkani: kāvḷo

          Devanagari script: कावळो

          Kannada script: ಕಾವ್ಳೊ

          Latin script: kavllo

        • Marathi: कावळा (kāvḷā)

Borrowed terms

• → Bengali: কাক (kak)
• → Old Marathi: kāg

  Devanagari script: काग

  Modi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘐

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “काक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 266, column 3.