पेंगुइन
peṅguina
The English word penguin is translated into Sanskrit as पेंगुइन (peṅguina).
पेंगुइन is used to refer to a flightless sea bird.
Meaning: flightless sea bird (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is penguina.
Did you know?
- Because Sanskrit is highly inflected, if you wanted to say 'of the penguin', you would have to change the ending of the word पेंगुइन to fit the grammatical case, unlike the static English word.
- Sanskrit contains a vast vocabulary for birds, often categorized by their gait or song, but it has no indigenous single word for 'penguin' because they are not found in India.
Examples in context
- पेंगुइन हिमक्षेत्रे वसति।peṅguina himakṣetre vasati.The penguin lives in the snowy region.
Example conversation
Aditya and Ananya are looking at a book about animals.
- आदित्य Adityaअनन्ये, पश्य, एषः पेंगुइनः अस्ति।ananye, paśya, eṣaḥ peṅguinaḥ asti.Ananya, look, this is a penguin.
- अनन्या Ananyaकिम् एषः पेंगुइनः उड्डयति?kim eṣaḥ peṅguinaḥ uḍḍayati?Does this penguin fly?
- आदित्य Adityaन, पेंगुइनः उड्डयितुं न शक्नोति।na, peṅguinaḥ uḍḍayituṃ na śaknoti.No, the penguin cannot fly.
- अनन्या Ananyaतर्हि एषः कथं गच्छति?tarhi eṣaḥ kathaṃ gacchati?Then how does it move?
