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बिडाल

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Konda-Dora [script needed] (biṛp-, to blink), Tulu ಬುಳಾವು (buḷāvu, to open as the eyes), Tamil விழி (viḻi, eye).[1] The cat meaning is derived from "eyeball"; compare नेत्रपिण्ड (netrapiṇḍa), another word meaning both "cat" and "eyeball" though the literal meaning is just eyeball.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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बिडाल (biḍāla) stemm

  1. cat (especially a male one)
  2. eyeball
  3. remedy for the eye

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of बिडाल (biḍāla)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative बिडालः
biḍālaḥ
बिडालौ / बिडाला¹
biḍālau / biḍālā¹
बिडालाः / बिडालासः¹
biḍālāḥ / biḍālāsaḥ¹
Vocative बिडाल
biḍāla
बिडालौ / बिडाला¹
biḍālau / biḍālā¹
बिडालाः / बिडालासः¹
biḍālāḥ / biḍālāsaḥ¹
Accusative बिडालम्
biḍālam
बिडालौ / बिडाला¹
biḍālau / biḍālā¹
बिडालान्
biḍālān
Instrumental बिडालेन
biḍālena
बिडालाभ्याम्
biḍālābhyām
बिडालैः / बिडालेभिः¹
biḍālaiḥ / biḍālebhiḥ¹
Dative बिडालाय
biḍālāya
बिडालाभ्याम्
biḍālābhyām
बिडालेभ्यः
biḍālebhyaḥ
Ablative बिडालात्
biḍālāt
बिडालाभ्याम्
biḍālābhyām
बिडालेभ्यः
biḍālebhyaḥ
Genitive बिडालस्य
biḍālasya
बिडालयोः
biḍālayoḥ
बिडालानाम्
biḍālānām
Locative बिडाले
biḍāle
बिडालयोः
biḍālayoḥ
बिडालेषु
biḍāleṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 492.

Further reading

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “बिडाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 731/1.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bidala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 522
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 357
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 429-430