सूकर

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

सूकर m

  1. Devanagari script form of sūkara

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *suHkarás (pig, boar), from Proto-Indo-European *suH- (pig, hog, swine).

Cognate with Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs, pig), Latin sūs (pig), Avestan 𐬵𐬏 (), Persian خوک (xuk), Old English swīn (whence English swine), English sow, Bulgarian свиня́ (svinjá).

Pronunciation

Noun

सूकर • (sūkará) stemm

  1. pig, hog, swine, boar
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.55.4:
      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
singular dual plural
nominative सूकरः (sūkaráḥ) सूकरौ (sūkaráu)
सूकरा¹ (sūkarā́¹)
सूकराः (sūkarā́ḥ)
सूकरासः¹ (sūkarā́saḥ¹)
accusative सूकरम् (sūkarám) सूकरौ (sūkaráu)
सूकरा¹ (sūkarā́¹)
सूकरान् (sūkarā́n)
instrumental सूकरेण (sūkaréṇa) सूकराभ्याम् (sūkarā́bhyām) सूकरैः (sūkaráiḥ)
सूकरेभिः¹ (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)
vocative सूकर (sū́kara) सूकरौ (sū́karau)
सूकरा¹ (sū́karā¹)
सूकराः (sū́karāḥ)
सूकरासः¹ (sū́karāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀲𑀽𑀓𑀭 (*sūkara), 𑀲𑀼𑀓𑀮 (sukala /⁠sūkala⁠/)
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Nepali: सुँगुर् (sũgur)
    • Magadhi Prakrit: *𑀲𑀽𑀅𑀭 (*sūara)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀽𑀅𑀭 (sūara)
      • Old Marathi: सोवर (sovara)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀽𑀕𑀭 (sūgara), *𑀲𑀽𑀅𑀭 (*sūara)
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Pali: sūkara
  • Old Javanese: sūkara
  • Old Marathi: सुक्र (sukra), सूकर (sūkara)
  • Proto-Munda: *sukuri
    • Mundari: [script needed] (suku'ri) (Darigutu)
    • Santali: ᱥᱩᱠᱨᱤ (sukri)
  • Telugu: సూకరము (sūkaramu)

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