बुक्कन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बुक्कन (bukkana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʊk.kən/, [bʊk̚.kɐ̃n]

Noun

बुक्कन • (bukkan) m

1. (rare, formal) the barking of a dog or any noise made by animals

Declension

Declension of बुक्कन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बुक्कन bukkan	बुक्कन bukkan
oblique	बुक्कन bukkan	बुक्कनों bukkanõ
vocative	बुक्कन bukkan	बुक्कनो bukkano

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बुक्कन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• বুক্কন (Assamese script)
• ᬩᬸᬓ᭄ᬓᬦ (Balinese script)
• বুক্কন (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰲𑰎𑰿𑰎𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဗုက္ကန (Burmese script)
• બુક્કન (Gujarati script)
• ਬੁਕ੍ਕਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌕𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦸꦏ꧀ꦏꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂳𑂍𑂹𑂍𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಬುಕ್ಕನ (Kannada script)
• ពុក្កន (Khmer script)
• ພຸກ຺ກນ (Lao script)
• ബുക്കന (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᡠᡬᡬᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘳𑘎𑘿𑘎𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠤᢉᢉᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑧔𑦮𑧠𑦮𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐎𑐣 (Newa script)
• ବୁକ୍କନ (Odia script)
• ꢨꢸꢒ꣄ꢒꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑆶𑆑𑇀𑆑𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖲𑖎𑖿𑖎𑖡 (Siddham script)
• බුක‍්කන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲𑩒𑩜 𑪙𑩜𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚰𑚊𑚶𑚊𑚝 (Takri script)
• பு³க்கந (Tamil script)
• బుక్కన (Telugu script)
• พุกฺกน (Thai script)
• བུ་ཀྐ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑒳𑒏𑓂𑒏𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑨃𑨋𑩇𑨋𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From बुक्क् (bukk, “to bark”, root) +‎ -अन (-ana, “-ing”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /buk.kɐ.nɐ/, [buk̚.kɐ.nɐ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.kɐ.n̪ɐ/, [ˈbuk̚.kɐ.n̪ɐ]

Noun

बुक्कन • (bukkana) stem, n

1. the barking of a dog or any noise made by animals

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of बुक्कन (bukkana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बुक्कनम् bukkanam	बुक्कने bukkane	बुक्कनानि / बुक्कना¹ bukkanāni / bukkanā¹
Vocative	बुक्कन bukkana	बुक्कने bukkane	बुक्कनानि / बुक्कना¹ bukkanāni / bukkanā¹
Accusative	बुक्कनम् bukkanam	बुक्कने bukkane	बुक्कनानि / बुक्कना¹ bukkanāni / bukkanā¹
Instrumental	बुक्कनेन bukkanena	बुक्कनाभ्याम् bukkanābhyām	बुक्कनैः / बुक्कनेभिः¹ bukkanaiḥ / bukkanebhiḥ¹
Dative	बुक्कनाय bukkanāya	बुक्कनाभ्याम् bukkanābhyām	बुक्कनेभ्यः bukkanebhyaḥ
Ablative	बुक्कनात् bukkanāt	बुक्कनाभ्याम् bukkanābhyām	बुक्कनेभ्यः bukkanebhyaḥ
Genitive	बुक्कनस्य bukkanasya	बुक्कनयोः bukkanayoḥ	बुक्कनानाम् bukkanānām
Locative	बुक्कने bukkane	बुक्कनयोः bukkanayoḥ	बुक्कनेषु bukkaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: बुक्कन (bukkan) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “बुक्कन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 733, column 1.