# अजगर
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अजगर (ajagara, literally “goat swallower”).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /əd͡ʒ.ɡəɾ/, [ɐd͡ʒ.ɡɐɾ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

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
## Konkani
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अजगर (ajagara).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əz.ɡəːɾ/

### Noun

अजगर • (ajgar) (Latin script ozgor, Kannada script ಅಜಗರ)
* a python

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अजगर (ajagara).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əd͡ʑ.ɡəɾ/

### Noun

अजगर • (ajgar) m
* a python

### References

* 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
### Alternative forms

* ajagara (Latin script)
* 𑀅𑀚𑀕𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* অজগর (Bengali script)
* අජගර (Sinhalese script)
* အဇဂရ or ဢၹၷရ (Burmese script)
* อชคร or อะชะคะระ (Thai script)
* ᩋᨩᨣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
* ອຊຄຣ or ອະຊະຄະຣະ (Lao script)
* អជគរ (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄎𑄉𑄢 (Chakma script)

### Noun

अजगर m
* Devanagari script form of ajagara (“python”)

#### Declension
## Prakrit
### Noun

अजगर (ajagara)
* Devanagari script form of 𑀅𑀚𑀕𑀭 (“python”)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* 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

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

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ.d͡ʑɐ.ɡɐ.ɾɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɐ.d͡ʑɐ.ɡɐ.ɾɐ/

### Noun

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.

#### Derived terms

* आजगर (ājagara)

#### Descendants

* Pali: ajagara
* Prakrit: 𑀅𑀚𑀕𑀭 (ajagara), 𑀅𑀬𑀕𑀭 (ayagara)
** Marathi: आर (ār)
* → Assamese: অজগৰ (ozogor)
* → Bengali: অজগর (ojogor)
* → Gujarati: અજગર (ajagar)
* → Hindi: अजगर (ajgar)
* → Konkani: अजगर (ajgar)
* → Marathi: अजगर (ajgar)
* → Telugu: అజగరము (ajagaramu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “अजगर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 9, column 2.