As a deity name
Name 878 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
केका · kekā · s.f.
The cry of the peacock — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 889
का
marks the genitive case: -'s, of, belonging to; part of, originating from; made of, consisting of; worth, useful
कि
that
Śabdasāgara also records: मोर की बोली । मोर की कूक
Cited formation "केका" is केक + -आ: केक means "cake", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "केका" is केक + -आ: केक means "cake", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit कार्य — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Old Hindi का (kā), कौ (kau), केरा (kerā), कर (kara), from Apabhramsa केर (kera) from Prakrit केर (kera), which could be used in conjunction with the genitive case to indicate relation or possession. Ultimately from Sanskrit कार्य (kāryá, “to be done”), whence also …” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kārya mfn. (fut. p.p. √ 1. kṛ), to be made or done or practised or performed, practicable, feasible, AV. iii, 24, 5; TS.; Mn. &c.
to be imposed (as a punishment), Mn. viii, 276 & 285
a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian کِه (ki). Compare Gujarati કે (ke), Marathi की (kī), Punjabi ਕਿ (ki).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the cry of a peacock, &c.
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Dictionary citations
kekā f. the cry of a peacock, MBh.; Mṛcch.; Megh. &c.
kekā The cry of a peacock; kekābhirnīlakaṃṭhastirayati vacanaṃ tāṃḍavāducchikhaṃḍaḥ Māl. 9. 30; ṣaḍjasaṃvādinīḥ kekāḥ R. 1. 39, 7. 69, 13. 27, 16. 64; Me. 22.
kekā f. (-kā) The cry of a peacock. E. ke an imitative sound, and ka what sounds, from ke to sound, affixes ḍa and ṭāp.
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