अक
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अक (áka).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ək/, [ɐk]
Noun
अक • (ak) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अक ak |
अक ak |
| oblique | अक ak |
अकों akõ |
| vocative | अक ak |
अको ako |
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অক (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬓ (Balinese script)
- অক (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- အက (Burmese script)
- અક (Gujarati script)
- ਅਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಕ (Kannada script)
- អក (Khmer script)
- ອກ (Lao script)
- അക (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଅକ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖎 (Siddham script)
- අක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚊 (Takri script)
- அக (Tamil script)
- అక (Telugu script)
- อก (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ákas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ákas (“bad”), perhaps from the BMAC substrate.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ́.kɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.kɐ/
Noun
अक • (áka) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अकम् (ákam) | अके (áke) | अकानि (ákāni) अका¹ (ákā¹) |
| accusative | अकम् (ákam) | अके (áke) | अकानि (ákāni) अका¹ (ákā¹) |
| instrumental | अकेन (ákena) | अकाभ्याम् (ákābhyām) | अकैः (ákaiḥ) अकेभिः¹ (ákebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अकाय (ákāya) | अकाभ्याम् (ákābhyām) | अकेभ्यः (ákebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अकात् (ákāt) | अकाभ्याम् (ákābhyām) | अकेभ्यः (ákebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अकस्य (ákasya) | अकयोः (ákayoḥ) | अकानाम् (ákānām) |
| locative | अके (áke) | अकयोः (ákayoḥ) | अकेषु (ákeṣu) |
| vocative | अक (áka) | अके (áke) | अकानि (ákāni) अका¹ (ákā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations[1], Helsinki, page 8
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “अक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 39