अजगर

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Hindi

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /əd͡ʒ.ɡəɾ/, [ɐd͡ʒ.ɡɐɾ]
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Noun

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अजगर (ajgarm (Urdu spelling اجگر)

  1. 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.
  2. Large snakes like anaconda, boa constrictors etc
  3. (figuratively) a ponderous or unwieldy object

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Konkani

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit अजगर (ajagara).

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Noun

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अजगर (ajgar) (Latin script ozgor, Kannada script ಅಜಗರ)

  1. a python

Marathi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit अजगर (ajagara).

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Noun

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अजगर (ajgarm

  1. a python

References

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  • 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

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Noun

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अजगर m

  1. Devanagari script form of ajagara (python)

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Prakrit

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Noun

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अजगर (ajagara)

  1. Devanagari script form of 𑀅𑀚𑀕𑀭 (python)

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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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".

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Noun

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अजगर (ajagará) stemm

  1. 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.

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of अजगर (ajagará)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अजगरः
ajagaráḥ
अजगरौ / अजगरा¹
ajagaraú / ajagarā́¹
अजगराः / अजगरासः¹
ajagarā́ḥ / ajagarā́saḥ¹
Vocative अजगर
ájagara
अजगरौ / अजगरा¹
ájagarau / ájagarā¹
अजगराः / अजगरासः¹
ájagarāḥ / ájagarāsaḥ¹
Accusative अजगरम्
ajagarám
अजगरौ / अजगरा¹
ajagaraú / ajagarā́¹
अजगरान्
ajagarā́n
Instrumental अजगरेण
ajagaréṇa
अजगराभ्याम्
ajagarā́bhyām
अजगरैः / अजगरेभिः¹
ajagaraíḥ / ajagarébhiḥ¹
Dative अजगराय
ajagarā́ya
अजगराभ्याम्
ajagarā́bhyām
अजगरेभ्यः
ajagarébhyaḥ
Ablative अजगरात्
ajagarā́t
अजगराभ्याम्
ajagarā́bhyām
अजगरेभ्यः
ajagarébhyaḥ
Genitive अजगरस्य
ajagarásya
अजगरयोः
ajagaráyoḥ
अजगराणाम्
ajagarā́ṇām
Locative अजगरे
ajagaré
अजगरयोः
ajagaráyoḥ
अजगरेषु
ajagaréṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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