अकार
See also: अंकारा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अकार (akāra).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.kɑːɾ/, [ɐ.käːɾ]
Pronunciation
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Noun
अकार • (akār) m
- the Devanagari letter अ (a)
- the vowel sound /ə/
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अकार akār |
अकार akār |
| oblique | अकार akār |
अकारों akārõ |
| vocative | अकार akār |
अकारो akāro |
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
अकार m
- Devanagari script form of akāra (“letter 'a'”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1] (overall work in Pali), page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- ते च खो अक्खरापि अकारादयो एकचत्तालीसं सुत्तन्तेसु सोपकारा होन्ति, तं यथा :-
- Te ca kho akkharāpi akārādayo ekacattālīsaṃ suttantesu sopakārā honti, taṃ yathā :-
- And indeed as to the letters , there are forty one employed in the discourses; starting with 'a', they are:
Declension
Declension table of "अकार" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | अकारो (akāro) | अकारा (akārā) |
| Accusative (second) | अकारं (akāraṃ) | अकारे (akāre) |
| Instrumental (third) | अकारेन (akārena) | अकारेहि (akārehi) or अकारेभि (akārebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | अकारस्स (akārassa) or अकाराय (akārāya) or अकारत्थं (akāratthaṃ) | अकारानं (akārānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | अकारस्मा (akārasmā) or अकारम्हा (akāramhā) or अकारा (akārā) | अकारेहि (akārehi) or अकारेभि (akārebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | अकारस्स (akārassa) | अकारानं (akārānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | अकारस्मिं (akārasmiṃ) or अकारम्हि (akāramhi) or अकारे (akāre) | अकारेसु (akāresu) |
| Vocative (calling) | अकार (akāra) | अकारा (akārā) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অকাৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
- অকার (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- အကာရ (Burmese script)
- અકાર (Gujarati script)
- ਅਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಕಾರ (Kannada script)
- អការ (Khmer script)
- ອກາຣ (Lao script)
- അകാര (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଅକାର (Odia script)
- ꢂꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
- අකාර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
- அகார (Tamil script)
- అకార (Telugu script)
- อการ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
अ (a, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
अकार • (akāra) stem, m
- the Devanagari letter अ
- the vowel sound /ɐ/
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अकारः (akāraḥ) | अकारौ (akārau) | अकाराः (akārāḥ) |
| accusative | अकारम् (akāram) | अकारौ (akārau) | अकारान् (akārān) |
| instrumental | अकारेन (akārena) | अकाराभ्याम् (akārābhyām) | अकारैः (akāraiḥ) |
| dative | अकाराय (akārāya) | अकाराभ्याम् (akārābhyām) | अकारेभ्यः (akārebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अकारात् (akārāt) | अकाराभ्याम् (akārābhyām) | अकारेभ्यः (akārebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अकारस्य (akārasya) | अकारयोः (akārayoḥ) | अकारानाम् (akārānām) |
| locative | अकारे (akāre) | अकारयोः (akārayoḥ) | अकारेषु (akāreṣu) |
| vocative | अकार (akāra) | अकारौ (akārau) | अकाराः (akārāḥ) |
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0001.