kukkuṭī

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀝𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• कुक्कुटी (Devanagari script)
• কুক্কুটী (Bengali script)
• කුක‍්කුටී (Sinhalese script)
• ကုက္ကုဋီ or ကုက္ကုဋဳ or ၵုၵ္ၵုꩦီ or ၵုၵ်ၵုꩦီ (Burmese script)
• กุกฺกุฏี or กุกกุฏี (Thai script)
• ᨠᩩᨠ᩠ᨠᩩᨭᩦ (Tai Tham script)
• ກຸກ຺ກຸຏີ or ກຸກກຸຏີ (Lao script)
• កុក្កុដី (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄪𑄇𑄴𑄇𑄪𑄑𑄩 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कुक्कुटी (kukkuṭī). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀟𑀻 (kukkuḍī).

Noun

kukkuṭī f

1. female equivalent of kukkuṭa: hen (female chicken)

Declension

Declension table of "kukkuṭī" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kukkuṭī	kukkuṭiyo or kukkuṭī
Accusative (second)	kukkuṭiṃ or kukkuṭiyaṃ	kukkuṭiyo or kukkuṭī
Instrumental (third)	kukkuṭiyā	kukkuṭīhi or kukkuṭībhi
Dative (fourth)	kukkuṭiyā	kukkuṭīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kukkuṭiyā	kukkuṭīhi or kukkuṭībhi
Genitive (sixth)	kukkuṭiyā	kukkuṭīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kukkuṭiyā or kukkuṭiyaṃ	kukkuṭīsu
Vocative (calling)	kukkuṭi	kukkuṭiyo or kukkuṭī

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kukkuṭī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 164
• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kukkuṭī”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 218