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पृदाकु

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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From a Near Eastern source; compare Hittite 𒊊𒌉𒀸 (parsnaš, leopard), Persian پارس (pârs), پلنگ (palang), Bactrian πορλαγγο-ζινο (porlango-zino), Ancient Greek πάρδαλις (párdalis), πάρδος (párdos), παρδαλέη (pardaléē).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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पृदा॑कु (pṛ́dāku) stemm

  1. adder, viper, snake
  2. tiger, panther
  3. elephant
  4. tree

Declension

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Masculine u-stem declension of पृदा॑कु
singular dual plural
nominative पृदा॑कुः (pṛ́dākuḥ) पृदा॑कू (pṛ́dākū) पृदा॑कवः (pṛ́dākavaḥ)
accusative पृदा॑कुम् (pṛ́dākum) पृदा॑कू (pṛ́dākū) पृदा॑कून् (pṛ́dākūn)
instrumental पृदा॑कुना (pṛ́dākunā)
पृदा॑क्वा¹ (pṛ́dākvā¹)
पृदा॑कुभ्याम् (pṛ́dākubhyām) पृदा॑कुभिः (pṛ́dākubhiḥ)
dative पृदा॑कवे (pṛ́dākave)
पृदा॑क्वे¹ (pṛ́dākve¹)
पृदा॑कुभ्याम् (pṛ́dākubhyām) पृदा॑कुभ्यः (pṛ́dākubhyaḥ)
ablative पृदा॑कोः (pṛ́dākoḥ)
पृदा॑क्वः¹ (pṛ́dākvaḥ¹)
पृदा॑कुभ्याम् (pṛ́dākubhyām) पृदा॑कुभ्यः (pṛ́dākubhyaḥ)
genitive पृदा॑कोः (pṛ́dākoḥ)
पृदा॑क्वः¹ (pṛ́dākvaḥ¹)
पृदा॑क्वोः (pṛ́dākvoḥ) पृदा॑कूनाम् (pṛ́dākūnām)
locative पृदा॑कौ (pṛ́dākau) पृदा॑क्वोः (pṛ́dākvoḥ) पृदा॑कुषु (pṛ́dākuṣu)
vocative पृदा॑को (pṛ́dāko) पृदा॑कू (pṛ́dākū) पृदा॑कवः (pṛ́dākavaḥ)
  • ¹Vedic

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899), “पृदाकु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 647, column 1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “pṛ́dāku-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 163