चातक
Sanskrit
Etymology
From a diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *kʷoḱt- (see also Latin co(c)turnīx, Lithuanian vaštaka), metathesis of *u̯ortokʷ- (“quail”).
Noun
चातक • (cātaka) stem, m
- Jacobin Cuckoo, Clamator jacobinus (Śak., Ragh., Megh., etc.)
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of चातक | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | चातकः (cātakaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | चातकस्य (cātakasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | चातकः (cātakaḥ) | चातकौ (cātakau) | चातकाः (cātakāḥ) |
| Vocative | चातक (cātaka) | चातकौ (cātakau) | चातकाः (cātakāḥ) |
| Accusative | चातकम् (cātakam) | चातकौ (cātakau) | चातकान् (cātakān) |
| Instrumental | चातकेन (cātakena) | चातकाभ्याम् (cātakābhyām) | चातकैः (cātakaiḥ) |
| Dative | चातकाय (cātakāya) | चातकाभ्याम् (cātakābhyām) | चातकेभ्यः (cātakebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | चातकात् (cātakāt) | चातकाभ्याम् (cātakābhyām) | चातकेभ्यः (cātakebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | चातकस्य (cātakasya) | चातकयोः (cātakayoḥ) | चातकानाम् (cātakānām) |
| Locative | चातके (cātake) | चातकयोः (cātakayoḥ) | चातकेषु (cātakeṣu) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “चातक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0392.