केतु
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *key- (“bright, burning”), whence also चित्र (citra). Cognate with Old Norse hárr (“grey”) and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍃 (hais, “torch”).
Pronunciation
Noun
केतु • (ketú) m
- lamp, flame, torch
- bright appearance, clearness, brightness
- (in the plural) rays of light
- day-time
- apparition, form, shape
- sign, mark, ensign, flag, banner
- any unusual or striking phenomenon, comet, meteor, falling star
- Ketu: the dragon's tail or descending node (considered in astronomy as the 9th planet, and in mythology as the body of the demon Saiṃhikeya which was severed from the head or Rahu by Vishnu at the churning of the ocean, but was rendered immortal by having tasted the amṛta)
Declension
| Masculine u-stem declension of केतु | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | केतुः (ketuḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | केतोः (ketoḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | केतुः (ketuḥ) | केतू (ketū) | केतवः (ketavaḥ) |
| Vocative | केतो (keto) | केतू (ketū) | केतवः (ketavaḥ) |
| Accusative | केतुम् (ketum) | केतू (ketū) | केतून् (ketūn) |
| Instrumental | केतुना (ketunā) | केतुभ्याम् (ketubhyām) | केतुभिः (ketubhiḥ) |
| Dative | केतवे (ketave) | केतुभ्याम् (ketubhyām) | केतुभ्यः (ketubhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | केतोः (ketoḥ) | केतुभ्याम् (ketubhyām) | केतुभ्यः (ketubhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | केतोः (ketoḥ) | केत्वोः (ketvoḥ) | केतूनाम् (ketūnām) |
| Locative | केतौ (ketau) | केत्वोः (ketvoḥ) | केतुषु (ketuṣu) |
Descendants
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0309
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