घोटक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    A foreign borrowing, from a substrate; compare Proto-Dravidian *kut-ir-ay (horse), whence Tamil குதிரை (kutirai). However, due to the traditional lack of presence and utility of horses in South and Southeast Asia, ultimate origins from Dravidian and Munda are doubtful, and alternative, more western or northern sources of the borrowing have been considered.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    घोटक • (ghoṭaka) stemm (feminine घोटकी or घोटिका)

    1. horse

    Declension

    Masculine a-stem declension of घोटक
    singular dual plural
    nominative घोटकः (ghoṭakaḥ) घोटकौ (ghoṭakau) घोटकाः (ghoṭakāḥ)
    accusative घोटकम् (ghoṭakam) घोटकौ (ghoṭakau) घोटकान् (ghoṭakān)
    instrumental घोटकेन (ghoṭakena) घोटकाभ्याम् (ghoṭakābhyām) घोटकैः (ghoṭakaiḥ)
    dative घोटकाय (ghoṭakāya) घोटकाभ्याम् (ghoṭakābhyām) घोटकेभ्यः (ghoṭakebhyaḥ)
    ablative घोटकात् (ghoṭakāt) घोटकाभ्याम् (ghoṭakābhyām) घोटकेभ्यः (ghoṭakebhyaḥ)
    genitive घोटकस्य (ghoṭakasya) घोटकयोः (ghoṭakayoḥ) घोटकानाम् (ghoṭakānām)
    locative घोटके (ghoṭake) घोटकयोः (ghoṭakayoḥ) घोटकेषु (ghoṭakeṣu)
    vocative घोटक (ghoṭaka) घोटकौ (ghoṭakau) घोटकाः (ghoṭakāḥ)

    Descendants

    References

    • Monier Williams (1899), “घोटक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0379/2.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 517
    • F. C., Southworth (2003), Proto-Dravidian Agriculture[2], University of Pennsylvania.