kuṇāla

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀼𑀡𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• कुणाल (Devanagari script)
• কুণাল (Bengali script)
• කුණාල (Sinhalese script)
• ကုဏာလ or ၵုꧣႃလ (Burmese script)
• กุณาล or กุณาละ (Thai script)
• ᨠᩩᨱᩣᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ກຸຓາລ or ກຸຓາລະ (Lao script)
• កុណាល (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄪𑄕𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कुणाल (kuṇāla, kind of bird).

Noun

kuṇāla m

1. cuckoo; Indian cuckoo

   Synonyms: kuṇālaka, kokila, karavī, parabhuta

Declension

Declension table of "kuṇāla" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kuṇālo	kuṇālā
Accusative (second)	kuṇālaṃ	kuṇāle
Instrumental (third)	kuṇālena	kuṇālehi or kuṇālebhi
Dative (fourth)	kuṇālassa or kuṇālāya or kuṇālatthaṃ	kuṇālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kuṇālasmā or kuṇālamhā or kuṇālā	kuṇālehi or kuṇālebhi
Genitive (sixth)	kuṇālassa	kuṇālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kuṇālasmiṃ or kuṇālamhi or kuṇāle	kuṇālesu
Vocative (calling)	kuṇāla	kuṇālā

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kuṇāla”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 220
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kuṇāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 167