सूकर

See also: संकर and स्क्रू

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• sūkara (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀽𑀓𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• সূকর (Bengali script)
• සූකර (Sinhalese script)
• သူကရ or သူၵရ (Burmese script)
• สูกร or สูกะระ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩪᨠᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ສູກຣ or ສູກະຣະ (Lao script)
• សូករ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄫𑄇𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

सूकर m

1. Devanagari script form of sūkara

Declension

Declension table of "सूकर" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	सूकरो (sūkaro)	सूकरा (sūkarā)
Accusative (second)	सूकरं (sūkaraṃ)	सूकरे (sūkare)
Instrumental (third)	सूकरेन (sūkarena)	सूकरेहि (sūkarehi) or सूकरेभि (sūkarebhi)
Dative (fourth)	सूकरस्स (sūkarassa) or सूकराय (sūkarāya) or सूकरत्थं (sūkaratthaṃ)	सूकरानं (sūkarānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	सूकरस्मा (sūkarasmā) or सूकरम्हा (sūkaramhā) or सूकरा (sūkarā)	सूकरेहि (sūkarehi) or सूकरेभि (sūkarebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	सूकरस्स (sūkarassa)	सूकरानं (sūkarānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	सूकरस्मिं (sūkarasmiṃ) or सूकरम्हि (sūkaramhi) or सूकरे (sūkare)	सूकरेसु (sūkaresu)
Vocative (calling)	सूकर (sūkara)	सूकरा (sūkarā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সূকৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬹᬓᬭ (Balinese script)
• সূকর (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰳𑰎𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀽𑀓𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• သူကရ (Burmese script)
• સૂકર (Gujarati script)
• ਸੂਕਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍂𑌕𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦹꦏꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂴𑂍𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಸೂಕರ (Kannada script)
• សូករ (Khmer script)
• ສູກຣ (Lao script)
• സൂകര (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᡠᡠᡬᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘴𑘎𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠤᠤᢉᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧕𑦮𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐹𑐎𑐬 (Newa script)
• ସୂକର (Odia script)
• ꢱꢹꢒꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆷𑆑𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖳𑖎𑖨 (Siddham script)
• සූකර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩒𑩛𑩜𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚱𑚊𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஸூகர (Tamil script)
• సూకర (Telugu script)
• สูกร (Thai script)
• སཱུ་ཀ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒴𑒏𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨃𑨊𑨋𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *suHkarás (“pig, boar”), from Proto-Indo-European *suH- (“pig, hog, swine”).

Cognate with Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs, “pig”), Latin sūs (“pig”), Avestan 𐬵𐬏 (hū), Persian خوک (xuk), Old English swīn (whence English swine), English sow, Bulgarian свиня́ (svinjá).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /suː.kɐ.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪uː.kɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

सूकर • (sūkará) stem, m

1. pig, hog, swine, boar
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.55.04:

     त्वं सूकरस्य दर्दृहि तव दर्दर्तु सूकरः ।

     tvaṃ sūkarasya dardṛhi tava dardartu sūkaraḥ.

     Be on thy guard against the boar, and let the boar beware of thee.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सूकर (sūkará)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सूकरः sūkaráḥ	सूकरौ / सूकरा¹ sūkaraú / sūkarā́¹	सूकराः / सूकरासः¹ sūkarā́ḥ / sūkarā́saḥ¹
Vocative	सूकर sū́kara	सूकरौ / सूकरा¹ sū́karau / sū́karā¹	सूकराः / सूकरासः¹ sū́karāḥ / sū́karāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सूकरम् sūkarám	सूकरौ / सूकरा¹ sūkaraú / sūkarā́¹	सूकरान् sūkarā́n
Instrumental	सूकरेण sūkaréṇa	सूकराभ्याम् sūkarā́bhyām	सूकरैः / सूकरेभिः¹ sūkaraíḥ / sūkarébhiḥ¹
Dative	सूकराय sūkarā́ya	सूकराभ्याम् sūkarā́bhyām	सूकरेभ्यः sūkarébhyaḥ
Ablative	सूकरात् sūkarā́t	सूकराभ्याम् sūkarā́bhyām	सूकरेभ्यः sūkarébhyaḥ
Genitive	सूकरस्य sūkarásya	सूकरयोः sūkaráyoḥ	सूकराणाम् sūkarā́ṇām
Locative	सूकरे sūkaré	सूकरयोः sūkaráyoḥ	सूकरेषु sūkaréṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀲𑀽𑀓𑀭 (*sūkara), 𑀲𑀼𑀓𑀮 (sukala /⁠sūkala⁠/)
  • Khasa Prakrit:
    • Nepali: सुँगुर् (sũgur)
  • Magadhi Prakrit: *𑀲𑀽𑀅𑀭 (*sūara)
    • Bengali: শুয়োর (śuẏōr)
    • Rohingya: cúwor
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀽𑀅𑀭 (sūara)
    • Old Marathi: सोवर (sovara)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀽𑀕𑀭 (sūgara), *𑀲𑀽𑀅𑀭 (*sūara)
    • Gurjara Apabhramsa:
      • Gujarati: સૂવર (sūvar)
    • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
      • Hindi: सूअर (sūar)
      • Urdu: سؤر (sūar)
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Punjabi: ਸੂਰ (sūr) / سُوْر (sūr)
• Pali: sūkara
  • → Thai: สุกร (sù-gɔɔn)
• → Old Marathi: सुक्र (sukra), सूकर (sūkara)
• → Proto-Munda: *sukuri
  • Mundari: [script needed] (suku'ri) (Darigutu)
  • Santali: ᱥᱩᱠᱨᱤ (sukri)
• → Telugu: సూకరము (sūkaramu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सूकर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1240.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sūkará”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press