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Etymology

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From an unattested *छग (chága) (compare छाग (chā́ga), which is attested in the Rigveda; also attested later as Classical Sanskrit छग (chaga)) +‎ -ल (-la, extension), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sčágas (compare Ossetian цӕҕӕ (billy-goat) and Wakhi čəɣ̌ (kid)), either from a potential Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱégos (goat, sheep) (compare Proto-Germanic *skēpą),[1] or a borrowing from a substrate language.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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छगल (chagalá) stemm

  1. a goat
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:अज

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of छगल (chagalá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative छगलः
chagaláḥ
छगलौ / छगला¹
chagalaú / chagalā́¹
छगलाः / छगलासः¹
chagalā́ḥ / chagalā́saḥ¹
Vocative छगल
chágala
छगलौ / छगला¹
chágalau / chágalā¹
छगलाः / छगलासः¹
chágalāḥ / chágalāsaḥ¹
Accusative छगलम्
chagalám
छगलौ / छगला¹
chagalaú / chagalā́¹
छगलान्
chagalā́n
Instrumental छगलेन
chagaléna
छगलाभ्याम्
chagalā́bhyām
छगलैः / छगलेभिः¹
chagalaíḥ / chagalébhiḥ¹
Dative छगलाय
chagalā́ya
छगलाभ्याम्
chagalā́bhyām
छगलेभ्यः
chagalébhyaḥ
Ablative छगलात्
chagalā́t
छगलाभ्याम्
chagalā́bhyām
छगलेभ्यः
chagalébhyaḥ
Genitive छगलस्य
chagalásya
छगलयोः
chagaláyoḥ
छगलानाम्
chagalā́nām
Locative छगले
chagalé
छगलयोः
chagaláyoḥ
छगलेषु
chagaléṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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References

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  1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 140:*(s)k̂egos
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations[1], Helsinki, page 3
  • छगल॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 176, column 1.
  • Monier Williams (1899) “Chagalá”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 404, column 1.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “chagala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 271