ukai > akai > ajá in other Indo-European Languages (12)
Turner’s A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages says Sanskrit word ajá means “goat.” He also lists cognates of ajá in other Indo-European languages:
Pali aja-, ajaka-, ajikā-, ajiyā-; Prakrit aya-, ayā-; Aśokan i.e., the language of the Inscriptions of Aśoka ajake, ajakā; Shuṃashti ū̃ī; Shina ai; Sindhī aī; Sinhalese ada.
All these cognates and the following words related to ajá originate from the Tamil root ukai.
*ajakaṭa, “flock of goats.” *ajanikā, “she-goat.” *ajya, “flock of goats.” ajína, “skin of the black antelope used by ascetics.” ápājati, “drives away.” *abhiyajyatē, “is led to.” *bhējj, “send.” prājaka, “driver of beasts of burden.” prājana, “goat.” *prājayati, “drives.” samāja, “festive gathering.”