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): /keː.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

	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 (kekayā) केका¹ (kekā¹)	केकाभ्याम् (kekābhyām)	केकाभिः (kekābhiḥ)
dative	केकायै (kekāyai)	केकाभ्याम् (kekābhyām)	केकाभ्यः (kekābhyaḥ)
ablative	केकायाः (kekāyāḥ) केकायै² (kekāyai²)	केकाभ्याम् (kekābhyām)	केकाभ्यः (kekābhyaḥ)
genitive	केकायाः (kekāyāḥ) केकायै² (kekāyai²)	केकयोः (kekayoḥ)	केकानाम् (kekānām)
locative	केकायाम् (kekāyām)	केकयोः (kekayoḥ)	केकासु (kekāsu)

• 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