घूक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঘূক (Assamese script)
• ᬖᬹᬓ (Balinese script)
• ঘূক (Bengali script)
• 𑰑𑰳𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀖𑀽𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ဃူက (Burmese script)
• ઘૂક (Gujarati script)
• ਘੂਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌘𑍂𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦓꦹꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂐𑂴𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಘೂಕ (Kannada script)
• ឃូក (Khmer script)
• ຆູກ (Lao script)
• ഘൂക (Malayalam script)
• ᢚᡠᡠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘑𑘴𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠾᠤᠤᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦱𑧕𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐑𑐹𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଘୂକ (Odia script)
• ꢕꢹꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆔𑆷𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖑𑖳𑖎 (Siddham script)
• ඝූක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩟𑩒𑩛𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚍𑚱𑚊 (Takri script)
• கூ⁴க (Tamil script)
• ఘూక (Telugu script)
• ฆูก (Thai script)
• གྷཱུ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒒𑒴𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨎𑨃𑨊𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from a Dravidian language; compare Tamil கூகை (kūkai), Telugu గూబ (gūba), Kannada ಗೂಬೆ (gūbe). Originally onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡʱuː.kɐ/

Noun

घूक • (ghūka) stem, m

1. owl (Pañcad. I, 42, Subh.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of घूक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	घूकः (ghūkaḥ)	घूकौ (ghūkau)	घूकाः (ghūkāḥ)
accusative	घूकम् (ghūkam)	घूकौ (ghūkau)	घूकान् (ghūkān)
instrumental	घूकेन (ghūkena)	घूकाभ्याम् (ghūkābhyām)	घूकैः (ghūkaiḥ)
dative	घूकाय (ghūkāya)	घूकाभ्याम् (ghūkābhyām)	घूकेभ्यः (ghūkebhyaḥ)
ablative	घूकात् (ghūkāt)	घूकाभ्याम् (ghūkābhyām)	घूकेभ्यः (ghūkebhyaḥ)
genitive	घूकस्य (ghūkasya)	घूकयोः (ghūkayoḥ)	घूकानाम् (ghūkānām)
locative	घूके (ghūke)	घूकयोः (ghūkayoḥ)	घूकेषु (ghūkeṣu)
vocative	घूक (ghūka)	घूकौ (ghūkau)	घूकाः (ghūkāḥ)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀖𑀽𑀅 (ghūa)
  • ⇒ Prakrit: *𑀖𑀽𑀅-𑀟 (*ghūa-ḍa)
    • Gujarati: ઘુવડ (ghuvaḍ)
    • Marathi: घुबड (ghubaḍ)

Learned borrowings from घूक (ghūka)

• → Gujarati: ઘૂક (ghūk) (learned)
• → Hindi: घूक (ghūk) (learned)
• → Kannada: ಘೂಕ (ghūka) (learned)
• → Marwari: (learned)

  Devanagari script: घूक (ghūk)

  Mahajani script: 𑅘𑅒𑅕 (ghuk)

• → Odia: ଘୂକ (ghuka) (learned)
• → Telugu: ఘూకము (ghūkamu) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “घूक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 378, column 2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 171
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ghūka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 243