# कुक्कुट
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुक्कुट (kukkuṭa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /kʊk.kʊʈ/, [kʊk̚.kʊʈ]

### Noun

कुक्कुट • (kukkuṭ) m (feminine कुक्कुटी)
* cock, rooster, fowl
    Synonyms: मुर्ग़ा (murġā), कुकड़ा (kukṛā)
** 2009, Shivaji Sawant, युगन्धर [yugandhar], Bhartiya Jnanpith, →ISBN, page 202:पश्चिम की ओर तो कुक्कुटों की लड़ाई के लिए एक विशिष्ट क्षेत्र रखा गया है।paścim kī or to kukkuṭõ kī laṛāī ke lie ek viśiṣṭ kṣetra rakhā gayā hai.Towards the west, a special area has been kept for cock-fights.

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “कुक्कुट”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 139
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कुक्कुट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 202

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* kukkuṭa (Latin script)
* 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀝 (Brahmi script)
* কুক্কুট (Bengali script)
* කුක‍්කුට (Sinhalese script)
* ကုက္ကုဋ or ၵုၵ္ၵုꩦ or ၵုၵ်ၵုꩦ (Burmese script)
* กุกฺกุฏ or กุกกุฏะ (Thai script)
* ᨠᩩᨠ᩠ᨠᩩᨭ (Tai Tham script)
* ກຸກ຺ກຸຏ or ກຸກກຸຏະ (Lao script)
* កុក្កុដ (Khmer script)
* 𑄇𑄪𑄇𑄴𑄇𑄪𑄑 (Chakma script)

### Noun

कुक्कुट m
* Devanagari script form of kukkuṭa

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* कुर्कुट (kurkuṭa)

### Alternative scripts

* কুক্কুট (Assamese script)
* ᬓᬸᬓ᭄ᬓᬸᬝ (Balinese script)
* কুক্কুট (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰲𑰎𑰿𑰎𑰲𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀝 (Brahmi script)
* ကုက္ကုဋ (Burmese script)
* કુક્કુટ (Gujarati script)
* ਕੁਕ੍ਕੁਟ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌟 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦸꦏ꧀ꦏꦸꦛ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂳𑂍𑂹𑂍𑂳𑂗 (Kaithi script)
* ಕುಕ್ಕುಟ (Kannada script)
* កុក្កុដ (Khmer script)
* ກຸກ຺ກຸຏ (Lao script)
* കുക്കുട (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᡠᡬᡬᡠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘳𑘎𑘿𑘎𑘳𑘘 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠤᢉᢉᠤᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧔𑦮𑧠𑦮𑧔𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐎𑐸𑐚 (Newa script)
* କୁକ୍କୁଟ (Odia script)
* ꢒꢸꢒ꣄ꢒꢸꢜ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆶𑆑𑇀𑆑𑆶𑆛 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖲𑖎𑖿𑖎𑖲𑖘 (Siddham script)
* කුක‍්කුට (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩒𑩜 𑪙𑩜𑩒𑩦 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚰𑚊𑚶𑚊𑚰𑚔 (Takri script)
* குக்குட (Tamil script)
* కుక్కుట (Telugu script)
* กุกฺกุฏ (Thai script)
* ཀུ་ཀྐུ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒳𑒏𑓂𑒏𑒳𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨃𑨋𑩇𑨋𑨃𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Onomatopoeic; compare कुक्कुभ (kukkubha).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kuk.ku.ʈɐ́/, [kuk̚.ku.ʈɐ́]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkuk.ku.ʈɐ/, [ˈkuk̚.ku.ʈɐ]

### Noun

कुक्कुट • (kukkuṭá) stem, m (feminine कुक्कुटी)
* cock, rooster
    Synonyms: ताम्रचूड (tāmracūḍa), चरणयोधिन् (caraṇayodhin), कृकवाकु (kṛkavāku), कुटरु (kuṭaru), चरणायुध (caraṇāyudha), प्रातर्णादिन् (prātarṇādin); see also Thesaurus:कुक्कुट
** c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 1.16.1:कुक्कुटोऽसि मधुजिह्व इषमूर्जमावद त्वया वयं संघातं संघातं जेष्म ।kukkuṭoʼsi madhujihva iṣamūrjamāvada tvayā vayaṃ saṃghātaṃ saṃghātaṃ jeṣma.You, cock, sweet-tongued, invoke strength and vigour [by your cackle]; by you, we win battles.
** c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 5.11.13:ददर्श हरिशार्दूलो मयूरान् कुक्कुटांस्तथा । वराहवार्ध्राणसकान् दधिसौवर्चलायुतान् ॥dadarśa hariśārdūlo mayūrān kukkuṭāṃstathā. varāhavārdhrāṇasakān dadhisauvarcalāyutān.The best monkey saw the meat of peacocks, cocks, pigs and rhinos, mixed with curd and sochal salt.

#### Descendants

* Niya Prakrit: 𐨐𐨂𐨐𐨂𐨜 (kukuḍa)
* Pali: kukkuṭa
* Prakrit: 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀟 (kukkuḍa) (see there for further descendants)
* → Hindi: कुक्कुट (kukkuṭ)
* → Telugu: కుక్కుటము (kukkuṭamu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “कुक्कुट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 287.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “kukkuṭa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कुक्कुट”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 577
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “कुक्कुट”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 69
* Arthur Berriedale Keith, Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1912) “kukkuṭa”, in Vedic index of names and subjects, volume 1, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. [Published for the Government of India], →OCLC, page 160
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kukkuṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 164