Etymology

chataka

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Today it means: A bird in Indian mythology, represented as having a beak on its head that waits for rains to quench its thirst, and associated with the Jacobin cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus). Full definition →

Sanskrit चातक
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromचातक
  2. English todaychataka

From Sanskrit चातक (cātaka).

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