छगल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    From an unattested *छग (*chaga) (compare छाग (chā́ga)) +‎ -ल (-la), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sčágas (compare Ossetian цӕҕӕ (billy-goat) and Wakhi čəɣ̌ (kid)), either from a potential Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱégos (goat, sheep) (compare Proto-Germanic *skēpą),[1] or a borrowing from a substrate language.[2]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    छ॒ग॒ल • (chagalá) stemm

    1. a goat
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:अज

    Declension

    Masculine a-stem declension of छ॒ग॒ल
    singular dual plural
    nominative छ॒ग॒लः (chagaláḥ) छ॒ग॒लौ (chagaláu)
    छ॒ग॒ला¹ (chagalā́¹)
    छ॒ग॒लाः (chagalā́ḥ)
    छ॒ग॒लासः॑¹ (chagalā́saḥ¹)
    accusative छ॒ग॒लम् (chagalám) छ॒ग॒लौ (chagaláu)
    छ॒ग॒ला¹ (chagalā́¹)
    छ॒ग॒लान् (chagalā́n)
    instrumental छ॒ग॒लेन॑ (chagaléna) छ॒ग॒लाभ्या॑म् (chagalā́bhyām) छ॒ग॒लैः (chagaláiḥ)
    छ॒ग॒लेभिः॑¹ (chagalébhiḥ¹)
    dative छ॒ग॒लाय॑ (chagalā́ya) छ॒ग॒लाभ्या॑म् (chagalā́bhyām) छ॒ग॒लेभ्यः॑ (chagalébhyaḥ)
    ablative छ॒ग॒लात् (chagalā́t) छ॒ग॒लाभ्या॑म् (chagalā́bhyām) छ॒ग॒लेभ्यः॑ (chagalébhyaḥ)
    genitive छ॒ग॒लस्य॑ (chagalásya) छ॒ग॒लयोः॑ (chagaláyoḥ) छ॒ग॒लाना॑म् (chagalā́nām)
    locative छ॒ग॒ले (chagalé) छ॒ग॒लयोः॑ (chagaláyoḥ) छ॒ग॒लेषु॑ (chagaléṣu)
    vocative छग॑ल (chágala) छग॑लौ (chágalau)
    छग॑ला¹ (chágalā¹)
    छग॑लाः (chágalāḥ)
    छग॑लासः¹ (chágalāsaḥ¹)
    • ¹Vedic

    Derived terms

    • छगली (chagalī)
    • छगलिका (chagalikā)
    • छगलक (chagalaka)

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 140:*(s)k̂egos
    2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999), “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations[1], Helsinki, page 3

    Further reading

    • छगल॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 176, column 1.
    • Monier Williams (1899), “Chagalá”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 404, column 1.
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “chagala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 271