Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अजगर (ajagara, literally “goat swallower”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]अजगर • (ajgar) m (Urdu spelling اجگر)
- python (a type of large snake)
- अजगर एक मामूली सांप से अधिक ख़तरनाक होता है।
- ajgar ek māmūlī sāmp se adhik xatarnāk hotā hai.
- The python happens to be more dangerous than a run-of-the-mill snake.
- Large snakes like anaconda, boa constrictors etc
- (figuratively) a ponderous or unwieldy object
Declension
[edit]Konkani
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit अजगर (ajagara).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]अजगर • (ajgar) (Latin script ozgor, Kannada script ಅಜಗರ)
- a python
Marathi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit अजगर (ajagara).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]अजगर • (ajgar) m
- a python
References
[edit]- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अजगर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 20.
Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]अजगर m
- Devanagari script form of ajagara (“python”)
Declension
[edit]Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | अजगरो (ajagaro) | अजगरा (ajagarā) |
Accusative (second) | अजगरं (ajagaraṃ) | अजगरे (ajagare) |
Instrumental (third) | अजगरेन (ajagarena) | अजगरेहि (ajagarehi) or अजगरेभि (ajagarebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | अजगरस्स (ajagarassa) or अजगराय (ajagarāya) or अजगरत्थं (ajagaratthaṃ) | अजगरानं (ajagarānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | अजगरस्मा (ajagarasmā) or अजगरम्हा (ajagaramhā) or अजगरा (ajagarā) | अजगरेहि (ajagarehi) or अजगरेभि (ajagarebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | अजगरस्स (ajagarassa) | अजगरानं (ajagarānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | अजगरस्मिं (ajagarasmiṃ) or अजगरम्हि (ajagaramhi) or अजगरे (ajagare) | अजगरेसु (ajagaresu) |
Vocative (calling) | अजगर (ajagara) | अजगरा (ajagarā) |
Prakrit
[edit]Noun
[edit]अजगर (ajagara)
- Devanagari script form of 𑀅𑀚𑀕𑀭 (“python”)
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]- অজগৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬚᬕᬭ (Balinese script)
- অজগর (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰕𑰐𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀚𑀕𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- အဇဂရ (Burmese script)
- અજગર (Gujarati script)
- ਅਜਗਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌜𑌗𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦗꦒꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂔𑂏𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಜಗರ (Kannada script)
- អជគរ (Khmer script)
- ອຊຄຣ (Lao script)
- അജഗര (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡯᠠᡤᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘕𑘐𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠽᠠᠺᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦵𑦰𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐖𑐐𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଅଜଗର (Odia script)
- ꢂꢙꢔꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆘𑆓𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖕𑖐𑖨 (Siddham script)
- අජගර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩣𑩞𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚑𑚌𑚤 (Takri script)
- அஜக³ர (Tamil script)
- అజగర (Telugu script)
- อชคร (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཛ་ག་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒖𑒑𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨥𑨍𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Compound of अज (aja, “goat”) + गर (gara, “swallowing; swallower”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷórh₃-o-s (“swallowing; swallower”). Compare Ancient Greek βόρος (bóros, “swallowing; a swallower”). Literally meaning "goat swallower".
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]अजगर • (ajagará) stem, m
- a python, a large serpent
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 11.2.25:
- शिंशुमारा अजगराः पुरीकया जषा मत्स्या रजसा येभ्यो अस्यसि ।
न ते दूरं न परिष्ठास्ति ते भव सद्यः सर्वां परि पश्यसि भूमिं पूर्वस्माद्धंस्युत्तरस्मिन्त्समुद्रे ॥- śiṃśumā́rā ajagarā́ḥ purīkáyā jaṣā́ mátsyā rajasā́ yébhyo ásyasi.
ná te dūráṃ ná pariṣṭhā́sti te bhava sadyáḥ sárvāṃ pári paśyasi bhū́miṃ pū́rvasmāddhaṃsyúttarasmintsamudré. - Porpoises, serpents, strange aquatic monsters, fishes, and things unclean at which thou shootest.
Nothing is far for thee, naught stops thee, Bhava! The whole earth in a moment thou surveyest. From the east sea thou smitest in the northern.
- śiṃśumā́rā ajagarā́ḥ purīkáyā jaṣā́ mátsyā rajasā́ yébhyo ásyasi.
- शिंशुमारा अजगराः पुरीकया जषा मत्स्या रजसा येभ्यो अस्यसि ।
Declension
[edit]Masculine a-stem declension of अजगर (ajagará) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | अजगरः ajagaráḥ |
अजगरौ / अजगरा¹ ajagaraú / ajagarā́¹ |
अजगराः / अजगरासः¹ ajagarā́ḥ / ajagarā́saḥ¹ |
Vocative | अजगर ájagara |
अजगरौ / अजगरा¹ ájagarau / ájagarā¹ |
अजगराः / अजगरासः¹ ájagarāḥ / ájagarāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | अजगरम् ajagarám |
अजगरौ / अजगरा¹ ajagaraú / ajagarā́¹ |
अजगरान् ajagarā́n |
Instrumental | अजगरेण ajagaréṇa |
अजगराभ्याम् ajagarā́bhyām |
अजगरैः / अजगरेभिः¹ ajagaraíḥ / ajagarébhiḥ¹ |
Dative | अजगराय ajagarā́ya |
अजगराभ्याम् ajagarā́bhyām |
अजगरेभ्यः ajagarébhyaḥ |
Ablative | अजगरात् ajagarā́t |
अजगराभ्याम् ajagarā́bhyām |
अजगरेभ्यः ajagarébhyaḥ |
Genitive | अजगरस्य ajagarásya |
अजगरयोः ajagaráyoḥ |
अजगराणाम् ajagarā́ṇām |
Locative | अजगरे ajagaré |
अजगरयोः ajagaráyoḥ |
अजगरेषु ajagaréṣu |
Notes |
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