The story
- Sanskrit · borrowed fromचातक
- English todaychataka
From Sanskrit चातक (cātaka).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 →
From Sanskrit चातक (cātaka).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.