सूकर
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- sūkara (Latin script)
- 𑀲𑀽𑀓𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- সূকর (Bengali script)
- සූකර (Sinhalese script)
- သူကရ or သူၵရ (Burmese script)
- สูกร or สูกะระ (Thai script)
- ᩈᩪᨠᩁ (Tai Tham script)
- ສູກຣ or ສູກະຣະ (Lao script)
- សូករ (Khmer script)
- 𑄥𑄫𑄇𑄢 (Chakma script)
Noun
सूकर m
- Devanagari script form of sūkara
Declension
Declension table of "सूकर" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | सूकरो (sūkaro) | सूकरा (sūkarā) |
| Accusative (second) | सूकरं (sūkaraṃ) | सूकरे (sūkare) |
| Instrumental (third) | सूकरेन (sūkarena) | सूकरेहि (sūkarehi) or सूकरेभि (sūkarebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | सूकरस्स (sūkarassa) or सूकराय (sūkarāya) or सूकरत्थं (sūkaratthaṃ) | सूकरानं (sūkarānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | सूकरस्मा (sūkarasmā) or सूकरम्हा (sūkaramhā) or सूकरा (sūkarā) | सूकरेहि (sūkarehi) or सूकरेभि (sūkarebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | सूकरस्स (sūkarassa) | सूकरानं (sūkarānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | सूकरस्मिं (sūkarasmiṃ) or सूकरम्हि (sūkaramhi) or सूकरे (sūkare) | सूकरेसु (sūkaresu) |
| Vocative (calling) | सूकर (sūkara) | सूकरा (sūkarā) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সূকৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬹᬓᬭ (Balinese script)
- সূকর (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰳𑰎𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀽𑀓𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- သူကရ (Burmese script)
- સૂકર (Gujarati script)
- ਸੂਕਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍂𑌕𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦹꦏꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂴𑂍𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಸೂಕರ (Kannada script)
- សូករ (Khmer script)
- ສູກຣ (Lao script)
- സൂകര (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᡠᡠᡬᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘴𑘎𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠤᠤᢉᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧕𑦮𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐹𑐎𑐬 (Newa script)
- ସୂକର (Odia script)
- ꢱꢹꢒꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆷𑆑𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖳𑖎𑖨 (Siddham script)
- සූකර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩒𑩛𑩜𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚱𑚊𑚤 (Takri script)
- ஸூகர (Tamil script)
- సూకర (Telugu script)
- สูกร (Thai script)
- སཱུ་ཀ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒴𑒏𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨃𑨊𑨋𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
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 (hū), Persian خوک (xuk), Old English swīn (whence English swine), English sow, Bulgarian свиня́ (svinjá).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /suː.kɐ.ɾɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪uː.kɐ.ɾɐ/
Noun
सू॒क॒र • (sūkará) stem, m
- pig, hog, swine, boar
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.55.4:
- त्वं सू॑क॒रस्य॑ दर्दृहि॒ तव॑ दर्दर्तु सूक॒रः ।
स्तो॒तॄनिन्द्र॑स्य रायसि॒ किम॒स्मान्दु॑च्छुनायसे॒ नि षु स्व॑प ॥- tváṃ sūkarásya dardṛhi táva dardartu sūkaráḥ.
stotṝ́níndrasya rāyasi kímasmā́nducchunāyase ní ṣú svapa.
- 1896 translation by Ralph T. H. Griffith
- Be on thy guard against the boar, and let the boar beware of thee.
At Indra’s singers barkest thou? Why dost thou seek to terrify us? Go to sleep.
- Be on thy guard against the boar, and let the boar beware of thee.
- tváṃ sūkarásya dardṛhi táva dardartu sūkaráḥ.
- त्वं सू॑क॒रस्य॑ दर्दृहि॒ तव॑ दर्दर्तु सूक॒रः ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सू॒क॒रः (sūkaráḥ) | सू॒क॒रौ (sūkaráu) सू॒क॒रा¹ (sūkarā́¹) |
सू॒क॒राः (sūkarā́ḥ) सू॒क॒रासः॑¹ (sūkarā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | सू॒क॒रम् (sūkarám) | सू॒क॒रौ (sūkaráu) सू॒क॒रा¹ (sūkarā́¹) |
सू॒क॒रान् (sūkarā́n) |
| instrumental | सू॒क॒रेण॑ (sūkaréṇa) | सू॒क॒राभ्या॑म् (sūkarā́bhyām) | सू॒क॒रैः (sūkaráiḥ) सू॒क॒रेभिः॑¹ (sūkarébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | सू॒क॒राय॑ (sūkarā́ya) | सू॒क॒राभ्या॑म् (sūkarā́bhyām) | सू॒क॒रेभ्यः॑ (sūkarébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सू॒क॒रात् (sūkarā́t) | सू॒क॒राभ्या॑म् (sūkarā́bhyām) | सू॒क॒रेभ्यः॑ (sūkarébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सू॒क॒रस्य॑ (sūkarásya) | सू॒क॒रयोः॑ (sūkaráyoḥ) | सू॒क॒राणा॑म् (sūkarā́ṇām) |
| locative | सू॒क॒रे (sūkaré) | सू॒क॒रयोः॑ (sūkaráyoḥ) | सू॒क॒रेषु॑ (sūkaréṣu) |
| vocative | सूक॑र (sū́kara) | सूक॑रौ (sū́karau) सूक॑रा¹ (sū́karā¹) |
सूक॑राः (sū́karāḥ) सूक॑रासः¹ (sū́karāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀲𑀽𑀓𑀭 (*sūkara), 𑀲𑀼𑀓𑀮 (sukala /sūkala/)
- Khasa Prakrit:
- Nepali: सुँगुर् (sũgur)
- Magadhi Prakrit: *𑀲𑀽𑀅𑀭 (*sūara)
- Bengali: শুয়োর (śuẏōr)
- Rohingya: cúwor
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀽𑀅𑀭 (sūara)
- Old Marathi: सोवर (sovara)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀽𑀕𑀭 (sūgara), *𑀲𑀽𑀅𑀭 (*sūara)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Khasa Prakrit:
- Pali: sūkara
- → Thai: สุกร (sù-gɔɔn)
- → Old Javanese: sūkara
- > Javanese: ꦱꦸꦏꦫ (sukara) (inherited)
- → Old Marathi: सुक्र (sukra), सूकर (sūkara)
- → Proto-Munda: *sukuri
- Mundari: [script needed] (suku'ri) (Darigutu)
- Santali: ᱥᱩᱠᱨᱤ (sukri)
- → Telugu: సూకరము (sūkaramu)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “सूकर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1240.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sūkará”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press