सूकर

See also: संकर and स्क्रू

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *suHkarás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *suHkarás, from Proto-Indo-European *suH- (“pig, hog, swine”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs, “pig”), Latin sūs (“pig”), Avestan 𐬵𐬏 (hū), Persian خوک (xuk), Old English swīn (whence English swine), English sow.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /suː.kɐ.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪uː.kɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

सूकर • (sūkará) stem, m

1. pig, hog, swine, boar
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.55.04:

     त्वं सूकरस्य दर्दृहि तव दर्दर्तु सूकरः ।

     tvaṃ sūkarasya dardṛhi tava dardartu sūkaraḥ.

     Be on thy guard against the boar, and let the boar beware of thee.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सूकर (sūkará)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सूकरः sūkaráḥ	सूकरौ / सूकरा¹ sūkaraú / sūkarā́¹	सूकराः / सूकरासः¹ sūkarā́ḥ / sūkarā́saḥ¹
Vocative	सूकर sū́kara	सूकरौ / सूकरा¹ sū́karau / sū́karā¹	सूकराः / सूकरासः¹ sū́karāḥ / sū́karāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सूकरम् sūkarám	सूकरौ / सूकरा¹ sūkaraú / sūkarā́¹	सूकरान् sūkarā́n
Instrumental	सूकरेण sūkaréṇa	सूकराभ्याम् sūkarā́bhyām	सूकरैः / सूकरेभिः¹ sūkaraíḥ / sūkarébhiḥ¹
Dative	सूकराय sūkarā́ya	सूकराभ्याम् sūkarā́bhyām	सूकरेभ्यः sūkarébhyaḥ
Ablative	सूकरात् sūkarā́t	सूकराभ्याम् sūkarā́bhyām	सूकरेभ्यः sūkarébhyaḥ
Genitive	सूकरस्य sūkarásya	सूकरयोः sūkaráyoḥ	सूकराणाम् sūkarā́ṇām
Locative	सूकरे sūkaré	सूकरयोः sūkaráyoḥ	सूकरेषु sūkaréṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit:
  • • Bengali: শুওর (śuōr)
  • • Old Marathi: सुक्र (sukra), सूकर (sūkara), सोवर (sovara)
      • Marathi: डुकर (ḍukara)
  • ,
    • • Gujarati: સૂવર (sūvar)
    • Nepali: सुँगुर् (sũgur)
    • Punjabi: ਸੂਰ (sūr)
    • • Hindi: सूअर (sū'ar)
      • Urdu: سؤر (sū'ar)
• Pali: sūkara
  • → Thai: สุกร (sù-gɔɔn)
• → Proto-Munda: [Term?], *sukuri
  • Mundari: [script needed] (suku'ri) (Darigutu)
  • Santali: ᱥᱩᱠᱨᱤ (sukri)
• → Telugu: సూకరము (sūkaramu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सूकर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1240.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sūkará”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press