English
koel
Koel comes from Hindi कोयल ‘cuckoo’, and goes back to Sanskrit कोकिल.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकोकिलkokila‘a cuckoo’
- Sauraseni Prakritmodern𑀓𑁄𑀇𑀮
- Hindic. 1500–presentकोयलkoyal‘cuckoo’
- Englishearliest quotation 1994koel
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकोकिलkokila‘a cuckoo’
- Sauraseni Prakritmodern𑀓𑁄𑀇𑀮
- Hindic. 1500–presentकोयलkoyal‘cuckoo’
- Englishearliest quotation 1994koel
Earliest quotation: 1994, Dorothy Porter, The Monkey's Mask: “It's a beautiful night / a koel starts up…”
Every English word from Sanskrit कोकिल
Today it means
noun A cuckoo of the genus Eudynamys, native to Asia, Australia and the Pacific.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit कोकिल / koel