उल्का

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उल्का (ulkā́, “meteor”), which is related to Sanskrit वर्चस्- (várcas-, “luster”), from a root Proto-Indo-Iranian *warč-. Cognates include Hindi ऊक (ūk, “torch”), Bengali ঊক্ (uk, “torch”), Oriya ଉକା (uka, “torch, flash of fire, meteor”), Punjabi ਉਲਕਾ (ulakā), Assamese উকা (uka, “ignis fatuus”), Persian ورج‎ (varj, “dignity”)[1][2].

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʊl.kɑː/, [ʊl̪.käː]

Noun

उल्का • (ulkā) f

  1. (astronomy) meteor
    • (Can we date this quote?), Pradeep Kumar Mishra, अंतरिक्ष नगर [Space City]:
      परंतु पंकज इधर-उधर ऊपर-नीचे होकर बचता रहा। अचानक दोनों के बीच में एक बड़ा सा उल्का पिंड आ गया।
      parantu paṅkaj idhar-udhar ūpar-nīce hokar bactā rahā. acānak donõ ke bīc mẽ ek baṛā sā ulkā piṇḍ ā gayā.
      But Pankaj saved himself going here-and-there, under-and-over. Suddenly, a meteor came between the two.
    उल्का वर्षा ― ulkā varṣā ― meteor shower

Declension
Declension of उल्का (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct उल्का
ulkā		 उल्काएँ
ulkāẽ
oblique उल्का
ulkā		 उल्काओं
ulkāõ
vocative उल्का
ulkā		 उल्काओ
ulkāo

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 231
  2. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ulkā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 111

Further reading
  • Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press
  • Monier-Williams (1872): A Sanskṛit-English Dictionary Etymologically and Philologically Arranged: With Special Reference to Greek, Latin, Gothic, German, Anglo-Saxon, and Other Cognate Indo-European Languages
  • Blažek, Václav (2010): The Indo-european "Smith"
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