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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Kuk (कुक्).—Augment क् (k) (1) added to ङ् (ṅ) at the end of a word before a sibilant letter; e.g प्राङ्क्शेते (prāṅkśete) cf. P.VIII. 3.28; (2) added to the words वात (vāta) and अतीसार (atīsāra) before the affix इन् (in), cf. P.V.2.129; (3) added to words of the नड (naḍa) group before the tad. affix छ (cha) (ईय (īya)), e.g. नडकीयम्, प्लक्षकीयम् (naḍakīyam, plakṣakīyam) cf. P.IV.2.91.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kuk [कूक] in the Konkani language is the name of a plant identified with Plectranthus rotundifolius (Poir.) Spreng. from the Lamiaceae (Mint) family having the following synonyms: Coleus rotundifolius, Plectranthus tuberosus, Coleus parviflorus. For the possible medicinal usage of kuk, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Kuk in Laos is the name of a plant defined with Spondias pinnata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Spondias acuminata Roxb. (among others).

2) Kuk in Nigeria is also identified with Acacia sieberiana It has the synonym Acacia sieberiana Tausch (etc.).

3) Kuk in Senegal is also identified with Securidaca longipedunculata It has the synonym Securidaca longepedunculata Fresen..

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Flora Indica (1832)
· Taxon (1982)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Museum Senckenbergianum (1837)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1994)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kuk, for example diet and recipes, health benefits, chemical composition, side effects, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kuk (कुक्).—1 Ā. (kokate) To take, accept, seize; वेत्रशाककुजे शैलेऽलेशैजेऽकुकशात्रवे (vetraśākakuje śaile'leśaije'kukaśātrave) Kirātārjunīya 15.18.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kuk (कुक्).—[kuka] r. 1st cl. (kokate) To take, to accept.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kuk (कुक्).—i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] To take.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kuk (कुक्):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] kokate, to take, accept, seize, [Dhātupāṭha iv, 17.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kuk (कुक्):—kokate 1. d. To take.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kuk in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Kuk in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) cooing; warbling..—kuk (कूक) is alternatively transliterated as Kūka.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+510): Ku-kaenal, Kuka, Kuka meru, Kukabha, Kukacamaram, Kukad kand, Kukad-vel, Kukada, Kukadeku, Kukadem, Kukadi, Kukadi kand, Kukaehoki, Kukaekolea, Kukai, Kukai niru, Kukai-namacivayar, Kukai-nir, Kukai-nirkatti, Kukaiccatti.

Ends with: Agukuk, Akuk, Bokuk, Ekuk, Kok-kuk, Takuk, Thaung-kuk, Thongkuk.

Full-text (+12): Kuka, Hriku, Atisarakin, Koka, Thaung-kuk, Kok-kuk, Nandaki, Yavakya, Vatakin, Cikila, Vainukeya, Nadakoya, Vaitraka, Svakiya, Shrikala, Hliku, Kukkura, Pishacakin, Kukkubha, Atisarin.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Kuk; (plurals include: Kuks). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)

Kanda I, adhyaya 1, brahmana 4 < [First Kanda]

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