अजगर

See also: अजगरी

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

अजगर • (ajgar) m (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

Declension

Declension of अजगर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अजगर ajgar	अजगर ajgar
oblique	अजगर ajgar	अजगरों ajgarõ
vocative	अजगर ajgar	अजगरो ajgaro

Konkani

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अजगर (ajagara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əz.ɡəːɾ/

Noun

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

1. a python

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अजगर (ajagara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əd͡ʑ.ɡəɾ/

Noun

अजगर • (ajgar) m

1. 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

Alternative scripts

• 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

1. Devanagari script form of ajagara (“python”)

Declension

Declension table of "अजगर" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	अजगरो (ajagaro)	अजगरा (ajagarā)
Accusative (second)	अजगरं (ajagaraṃ)	अजगरे (ajagare)
Instrumental (third)	अजगरेन (ajagarena)	अजगरेहि (ajagarehi) or अजगरेभि (ajagarebhi)
Dative (fourth)	अजगरस्स (ajagarassa) or अजगराय (ajagarāya) or अजगरत्थं (ajagaratthaṃ)	अजगरानं (ajagarānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	अजगरस्मा (ajagarasmā) or अजगरम्हा (ajagaramhā) or अजगरा (ajagarā)	अजगरेहि (ajagarehi) or अजगरेभि (ajagarebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	अजगरस्स (ajagarassa)	अजगरानं (ajagarānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	अजगरस्मिं (ajagarasmiṃ) or अजगरम्हि (ajagaramhi) or अजगरे (ajagare)	अजगरेसु (ajagaresu)
Vocative (calling)	अजगर (ajagara)	अजगरा (ajagarā)

Prakrit

Noun

अजगर (ajagara)

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀅𑀚𑀕𑀭 (“python”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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^(key): /ɐ.d͡ʑɐ.ɡɐ.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.d͡ʑɐ.ɡɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

अजगर • (ajagará) stem, m

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

Masculine a-stem declension of अजगर

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अजगरः (ajagaráḥ)	अजगरौ (ajagaraú) अजगरा¹ (ajagarā́¹)	अजगराः (ajagarā́ḥ) अजगरासः¹ (ajagarā́saḥ¹)
vocative	अजगर (ájagara)	अजगरौ (ájagarau) अजगरा¹ (ájagarā¹)	अजगराः (ájagarāḥ) अजगरासः¹ (ájagarāsaḥ¹)
accusative	अजगरम् (ajagarám)	अजगरौ (ajagaraú) अजगरा¹ (ajagarā́¹)	अजगरान् (ajagarā́n)
instrumental	अजगरेण (ajagaréṇa)	अजगराभ्याम् (ajagarā́bhyām)	अजगरैः (ajagaraíḥ) अजगरेभिः¹ (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)

• ¹Vedic

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.