ākāra

See also: akara, akāra, and ākara

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आकार (ākāra, shape; form; size; figure).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ka.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ra
  • Homophone: akāra
  • Hyphenation: ā‧kā‧ra

Noun

ākāra

  1. form, appearance, aspect. It is also used where there is no question of a physically perceptible form, in the wider sense of ``state. See also .
  2. facial expression
  3. interval, space, number, measure
  4. distance, length of time
  5. to the number of, at the time of, for the length of, at a distance of
  6. countless

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • mākāra
  • dhūpākāra
  • durgaākāra
  • krūrākāra
  • kṛṣṇākāra
  • meghākāra
  • mudrākāra
  • mukhākāra
  • māyākāra
  • nirākāra
  • piṇḍākāra
  • raktākāra
  • rudrākāra
  • rukmākāra
  • siṅhākāra
  • sthūlākāra
  • sākāra
  • sūkṣmākāra
  • tadākāra
  • warṇākāra
  • śuddhākāra
  • śwetākāra
  • śūnyākāra
  • ūrṇākāra

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦲꦏꦫ (akara) (inherited)

Further reading

  • "ākāra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Possibly from Sanskrit आकार (ākāra). By surface analysis, (ā, the letter) +‎ kāra (term designating a letter or sound) etc.

Noun

ākāra m

  1. the letter 'ā'
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

ākāra m

  1. state, condition
  2. quality, attribute
  3. appearance
  4. manner
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants

References

Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli Language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875.