यूका

Sanskrit

Etymology

Female variant of यूक (yūka), from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“louse”), see also Welsh llau.[1]

Noun

यूका • (yūkā) stem, f

a louse (Mn., Kathās., Suśr.)

Declension

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Descendants

Punjabi: جوں‎ (joṉ)
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀽𑀕𑀸 (jūgā)
- Hindi: जूँ (jū̃)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “यूका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 856.

Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 357

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