केका

Prakrit

Noun

केका (kekā) f

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀓𑁂𑀓𑀸

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কেকা (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬾᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• কেকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰸𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁂𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ကေကာ (Burmese script)
• કેકા (Gujarati script)
• ਕੇਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍇𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦺꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂵𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಕೇಕಾ (Kannada script)
• កេកា (Khmer script)
• ເກກາ (Lao script)
• കേകാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡝᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘹𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠧᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧚𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐾𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• କେକା (Odia script)
• ꢒꢾꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆼𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖸𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• කෙකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩔𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚲𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• கேகா (Tamil script)
• కేకా (Telugu script)
• เกกา (Thai script)
• ཀེ་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒹𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨄𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Possibly onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐj.kɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.kɑː/

Noun

केका • (kekā) stem, f (Classical Sanskrit)

1. cry of a peacock
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 4.6.12:

     मयूरकेकाभिरुतं मदान्धालिविमूर्च्छितम् ।
     प्लावितै रक्तकण्ठानां कूजितैश्च पतत्रिणाम् ॥

     mayūrakekābhirutaṃ madāndhālivimūrcchitam.
     plāvitai raktakaṇṭhānāṃ kūjitaiśca patatriṇām.

     The Kailasa, resounding of cries of the peacock, humming of the bees, singing of the cuckoos and whispering of birds.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of केका (kekā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	केका kekā	केके keke	केकाः kekāḥ
Vocative	केके keke	केके keke	केकाः kekāḥ
Accusative	केकाम् kekām	केके keke	केकाः kekāḥ
Instrumental	केकया / केका¹ kekayā / kekā¹	केकाभ्याम् kekābhyām	केकाभिः kekābhiḥ
Dative	केकायै kekāyai	केकाभ्याम् kekābhyām	केकाभ्यः kekābhyaḥ
Ablative	केकायाः / केकायै² kekāyāḥ / kekāyai²	केकाभ्याम् kekābhyām	केकाभ्यः kekābhyaḥ
Genitive	केकायाः / केकायै² kekāyāḥ / kekāyai²	केकयोः kekayoḥ	केकानाम् kekānām
Locative	केकायाम् kekāyām	केकयोः kekayoḥ	केकासु kekāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• केकिन् (kekin)
• केकायते (kekāyate)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀓𑁂𑀓𑀸 (kekā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “केका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 308.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “केका”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 602
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kēkā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 179