# नकुल
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नकुल (nakula). Doublet of नेवला (nevlā).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /nə.kʊl/, [nɐ.kʊl]

### Proper noun

नकुल • (nakul) m (Urdu spelling نکل)
* a male given name, Nakul, from Sanskrit

### Noun

नकुल • (nakul) m
* mongoose

#### Declension
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* nakula (Latin script)
* 𑀦𑀓𑀼𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* নকুল (Bengali script)
* නකුල (Sinhalese script)
* နကုလ or ၼၵုလ (Burmese script)
* นกุล or นะกุละ (Thai script)
* ᨶᨠᩩᩃ (Tai Tham script)
* ນກຸລ or ນະກຸລະ (Lao script)
* នកុល (Khmer script)
* 𑄚𑄇𑄪𑄣 (Chakma script)

### Noun

नकुल m
* Devanagari script form of nakula (“mongoose”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* নকুল (Assamese script)
* ᬦᬓᬸᬮ (Balinese script)
* নকুল (Bengali script)
* 𑰡𑰎𑰲𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀦𑀓𑀼𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* နကုလ (Burmese script)
* નકુલ (Gujarati script)
* ਨਕੁਲ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌨𑌕𑍁𑌲 (Grantha script)
* ꦤꦏꦸꦭ (Javanese script)
* 𑂢𑂍𑂳𑂪 (Kaithi script)
* ನಕುಲ (Kannada script)
* នកុល (Khmer script)
* ນກຸລ (Lao script)
* നകുല (Malayalam script)
* ᠨᠠᡬᡠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘡𑘎𑘳𑘩 (Modi script)
* ᠨᠠᢉᠤᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧁𑦮𑧔𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐣𑐎𑐸𑐮 (Newa script)
* ନକୁଲ (Odia script)
* ꢥꢒꢸꢭ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆤𑆑𑆶𑆬 (Sharada script)
* 𑖡𑖎𑖲𑖩 (Siddham script)
* නකුල (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩯𑩜𑩒𑩽 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚝𑚊𑚰𑚥 (Takri script)
* நகுல (Tamil script)
* నకుల (Telugu script)
* นกุล (Thai script)
* ན་ཀུ་ལ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒢𑒏𑒳𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨝𑨋𑨃𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Unknown. Pāṇini suggests न (na, “no”) +‎ कुल (kula, “family”), but this is probably folk etymology.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /nɐ.ku.lɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /n̪ɐ.ku.l̪ɐ/

### Adjective

नकुल • (nakulá) stem
* of a particular colour (perhaps that of the ichneumon)
** c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā)
** RPrāt

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

### Noun

नकुल • (nakulá) stem, m (feminine नकुली)
* Any of genus Urva (split from genus Herpestes) of Asian mongooses, predators of mice and of serpents from whose venom it protects itself by a medicinal plant called नाकुली (nākulī))
** c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 6.139.5:यथा नकुलो विछिद्य संदधात्यहिं पुनः। एवा कामस्य विछिन्नं सं धेहि वीर्यावति॥yathā nakulo vichidya saṃdadhātyahiṃ punaḥ. evā kāmasya vichinnaṃ saṃ dhehi vīryāvati.Like the mongoose who, having torn apart the snake, puts it back together, May you in such manner join the broken shards of longing into a bond of strength.
** c. 800 CE – 950 CE, Nārāyaṇa, Hitopadeśa 4.24.74:मत्स्यान् आदायागम्य नकुलविवराद् आरभ्य सर्पविवरं यावत् पङ्क्तिक्रमेणैकैकशो मत्स्यान् विस्तीर्य धत्त ।matsyān ādāyāgamya nakulavivarād ārabhya sarpavivaraṃ yāvat paṅktikrameṇaikaikaśo matsyān vistīrya dhatta.After fetching some fish, you place them one by one in a line copiously, starting from the mongoose-den all the way to the snake-hole.
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
* a son
** Lexicographers, Various Works
* a particular musical instrument
** c. 200 CE, Lalitavistara Sūtra
* an epithet of Shiva
** Lexicographers, Various Works

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Proper noun

नकुल • (nakula) stem, m
* (Hinduism) Nakula, son of Pandu and Madri, husband of Draupadi, and the father of Shatanika.
    Coordinate terms: युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira), भीम (bhīma), अर्जुन (arjuna), नकुल (nakula), सहदेव (sahadeva)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: نول (nūl)
** Shina: [script needed] (nɔ̈̄lέ) — Jijelut dialect
** Pashayi: [Term?] (noŭl, “otter”) — Kunar valley
* Pali: nakula
* Prakrit: 𑀡𑀉𑀮 (ṇaüla) (see there for further descendants)
Borrowed terms:
* → Assamese: নকুল (nokul) (learned)
* → Bengali: নকুল (nokul) (learned)
* → Gujarati: નકુલ (nakul) (learned)
* → Hindi: नकुल (nakul) (learned)
* → Kannada: ನಕುಲ (nakula) (learned)
* → Maithili: नकुल (nakul) (learned)
* → Malayalam: നകുലൻ (nakulaṉ) (learned)
* → Marathi: नकुल (nakul) (learned)
* → Odia: ନକୁଳ (nakuḷa) (learned)
* → Punjabi: ਨਕੁਲ (nakul) (learned)
* → Tamil: நகுலன் (nakulaṉ) (learned)
* → Telugu: నకులుడు (nakuluḍu) (learned)

### References

* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “नकुलः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Monier Williams (1899) “नकुल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 523/3.