# कुक्कुटी
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit कुक्कुटी (kukkuṭī). By surface analysis, कुक्कुट (kukkuṭ) +‎ -ई (-ī).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /kʊk.kʊ.ʈiː/, [kʊk̚.kʊ.ʈiː]

### Noun

कुक्कुटी • (kukkuṭī) f
* female equivalent of कुक्कुट (kukkuṭ): hen (female chicken)
    Synonyms: मुर्ग़ी (murġī), कुकड़ी (kukṛī)
** 1977, ज्ञानचंद जैन [jñāncand jain], निगंठ ज्ञातपुत्त: श्रमण भगवान महावीर की जीवनी [nigaṇṭh jñātputt: śramaṇ bhagvān mahāvīr kī jīvnī]‎, page 97:कुक्कुटी के अंडे के बराबर ३२ कौर का आहार पूर्ण आहार माना जाता था […]kukkuṭī ke aṇḍe ke barābar 32 kaur kā āhār pūrṇ āhār mānā jātā thā […]A meal of 32 mouthfuls of the size of a hen’s egg was considered a complete diet.

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Platts, John T. (1884) “कुक्कुटी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 839
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कुक्कुटी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 202

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* কুক্কুটী (Assamese script)
* ᬓᬸᬓ᭄ᬓᬸᬝᬷ (Balinese script)
* কুক্কুটী (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰲𑰎𑰿𑰎𑰲𑰘𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀝𑀻 (Brahmi script)
* ကုက္ကုဋီ (Burmese script)
* કુક્કુટી (Gujarati script)
* ਕੁਕ੍ਕੁਟੀ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌟𑍀 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦸꦏ꧀ꦏꦸꦛꦷ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂳𑂍𑂹𑂍𑂳𑂗𑂲 (Kaithi script)
* ಕುಕ್ಕುಟೀ (Kannada script)
* កុក្កុដី (Khmer script)
* ກຸກ຺ກຸຏີ (Lao script)
* കുക്കുടീ (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᡠᡬᡬᡠᢞᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘳𑘎𑘿𑘎𑘳𑘘𑘲 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠤᢉᢉᠤᢌᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧔𑦮𑧠𑦮𑧔𑦸𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐎𑐸𑐚𑐷 (Newa script)
* କୁକ୍କୁଟୀ (Odia script)
* ꢒꢸꢒ꣄ꢒꢸꢜꢷ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆶𑆑𑇀𑆑𑆶𑆛𑆵 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖲𑖎𑖿𑖎𑖲𑖘𑖱 (Siddham script)
* කුක‍්කුටී (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩒𑩜 𑪙𑩜𑩒𑩦𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚰𑚊𑚶𑚊𑚰𑚔𑚯 (Takri script)
* குக்குடீ (Tamil script)
* కుక్కుటీ (Telugu script)
* กุกฺกุฏี (Thai script)
* ཀུ་ཀྐུ་ཊཱི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒳𑒏𑓂𑒏𑒳𑒙𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨃𑨋𑩇𑨋𑨃𑨔𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From कुक्कुट (kukkuṭa) +‎ -ई (-ī).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /kuk.ku.ʈiː/, [kuk̚.ku.ʈiː]

### Noun

कुक्कुटी • (kukkuṭī) stem, f (Classical Sanskrit)
* female equivalent of कुक्कुट (kukkuṭa): hen (female chicken)
** 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā
** 2004, Bhāratī - Volume 55‎, Saṃskrṛtapracārapariṣad Rājasthānam, page 11:मार्जारी कुक्कुट्या उपरि आक्रमितुमुद्यतैवासीत् तदैव कुक्कुटोऽवदत्- मातृभगिनि समा त्वं, मम कथनं शृणु- अधुना त्वमेनां त्यज।mārjārī kukkuṭyā upari ākramitumudyataivāsīt tadaiva kukkuṭoʼvadat- mātṛbhagini samā tvaṃ, mama kathanaṃ śṛṇu- adhunā tvamenāṃ tyaja.Just as the cat was ready to attack over the hen, the cock said- you are like my mother's sister, listen to me- leave her for now.

#### Descendants

* Pali: kukkuṭī
* Prakrit: 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀟𑀻 (kukkuḍī) (see there for further descendants)
* → Hindi: कुक्कुटी (kukkuṭī)
* → Telugu: కుక్కుటి (kukkuṭi)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “कुक्कुटी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 287, column 1.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कुक्कुटः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 577
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “कुक्कुटी”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 69
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kukkuṭī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 164