जहका

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • জহকা (Assamese script)
  • ᬚᬳᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
  • জহকা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰕𑰮𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀚𑀳𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • ဇဟကာ (Burmese script)
  • જહકા (Gujarati script)
  • ਜਹਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌜𑌹𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ꦗꦲꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂔𑂯𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
  • ಜಹಕಾ (Kannada script)
  • ជហកា (Khmer script)
  • ຊຫກາ (Lao script)
  • ജഹകാ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡯᠠᡥᠠᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘕𑘮𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᠽᠠᠾᠠᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦵𑧎𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐖𑐴𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
  • ଜହକା (Odia script)
  • ꢙꢲꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆘𑆲𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖕𑖮𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • ජහකා (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩣𑪂𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚑𑚩𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
  • ஜஹகா (Tamil script)
  • జహకా (Telugu script)
  • ชหกา (Thai script)
  • ཛ་ཧ་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒖𑒯𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨥𑨱𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́áźʰakas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáǰʰukas, possibly from the BMAC substrate. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬲𐬀𐬐𐬀 (dužaka), Middle Persian zwzk' (zūzag), Northern Kurdish jûjî.

Pronunciation

Noun

जहका • (jáhakā) stem, f

  1. hedgehog

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of जहका
singular dual plural
nominative जहका (jáhakā) जहके (jáhake) जहकाः (jáhakāḥ)
accusative जहकाम् (jáhakām) जहके (jáhake) जहकाः (jáhakāḥ)
instrumental जहकया (jáhakayā)
जहका¹ (jáhakā¹) 		जहकाभ्याम् (jáhakābhyām) जहकाभिः (jáhakābhiḥ)
dative जहकायै (jáhakāyai) जहकाभ्याम् (jáhakābhyām) जहकाभ्यः (jáhakābhyaḥ)
ablative जहकायाः (jáhakāyāḥ)
जहकायै² (jáhakāyai²) 		जहकाभ्याम् (jáhakābhyām) जहकाभ्यः (jáhakābhyaḥ)
genitive जहकायाः (jáhakāyāḥ)
जहकायै² (jáhakāyai²) 		जहकयोः (jáhakayoḥ) जहकानाम् (jáhakānām)
locative जहकायाम् (jáhakāyām) जहकयोः (jáhakayoḥ) जहकासु (jáhakāsu)
vocative जहके (jáhake) जहके (jáhake) जहकाः (jáhakāḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

  • Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀳𑀕 (jāhaga)
    • Sindhi: j̄āho
      Arabic script: ڄاهو
      Devanagari script: ॼाहो
  • Punjabi: jahā
    Gurmukhi script: ਜਹਾ
    Shahmukhi script: جَہا

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jahakā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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