चमगादड़

Hindi

Etymology

A variant of Old Hindi चमगीदड़ (camagīdaṛa, “flying fox, bat”). In Middle Indo-Aryan, there are several constructions meaning "bat" starting with Prakrit 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫- (camma-) / Sanskrit चर्म- (carma-), like Sanskrit चर्मचटक (carmacaṭaka, “bat”) (with चटक (caṭaka, “sparrow”)), 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (cammapakkhi) (with 𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (pakkhi, “bird”)), and 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀮 (cammaṭṭhila). This word is from an unattested variant with the suffix *𑀕𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤 (*gidda, “jackal, fox”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-), whence गीदड़ (gīdaṛ, “jackal”). Cognate with Punjabi ਚਮਗਿੱਦੜ (camgiddaṛ). Related to Gujarati ચામાચીડિયું (cāmācīḍiyũ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəm.ɡɑː.d̪əɽ/, [t͡ʃɐ̃m.ɡäː.d̪ɐɽ]

Noun

चमगादड़ • (camgādaṛ) m (Urdu spelling چمگادڑ)

1. bat (winged mammal)

Declension

Declension of चमगादड़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चमगादड़ camgādaṛ	चमगादड़ camgādaṛ
oblique	चमगादड़ camgādaṛ	चमगादड़ों camgādaṛõ
vocative	चमगादड़ camgādaṛ	चमगादड़ो camgādaṛo

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “चमगादड़”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “carmacaṭaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press