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કાકો

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Gujarati

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit काक्क (kākka), from Dravidian.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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કાકો (kākom (feminine કાકી) (usually in the plural)

  1. paternal uncle (father's brother or cousin)
    Synonym: ચાચો (cāco)
  2. (by extension) uncle (any older unrelated male)
    Coordinate term: માસી (māsī)

Declension

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Declension of કાકો
Singular Plural
nominative કાકો (kāko) કાકા (kākā), કાકાઓ (kākāo)
oblique કાકા (kākā) કાકાઓ (kākāo)
vocative કાકા (kākā) કાકાઓ (kākāo)
instrumental કાકે (kāke) કાકાએ (kākāe)
locative કાકે (kāke) કાકે (kāke)

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*kākka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 153