केकड़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟 (kakkaḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa, “crab”), with the word structure and semantic domain suggested borrowing from a substrate language; compare Santali ᱠᱟᱴᱠᱚᱢ (kaṭkôm, “crab”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /keːk.ɽɑː/, [keːk.ɽäː]

Noun

केकड़ा • (kekṛā) m (Urdu spelling کیکڑا)

  1. crab

Declension
Declension of केकड़ा (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct केकड़ा
kekṛā		 केकड़े
kekṛe
oblique केकड़े
kekṛe		 केकड़ों
kekṛõ
vocative केकड़े
kekṛe		 केकड़ो
kekṛo

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karkaṭa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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