अलंकार
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अलंकार (alaṃkāra). By surface analysis, अलम् (alam) + कार (kār).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.ləŋ.kɑːɾ/, [ɐ.lɐ̃ŋ.käːɾ]
Noun
अलंकार • (alaṅkār) m (Urdu spelling النکار)
- ornament, adornment, embellishment, decoration
- Synonym: सजावट (sajāvaṭ)
- (rhetoric) an ornament of sound or sense
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अलंकार alaṅkār |
अलंकार alaṅkār |
| oblique | अलंकार alaṅkār |
अलंकारों alaṅkārõ |
| vocative | अलंकार alaṅkār |
अलंकारो alaṅkāro |
Related terms
- अलंकृत (alaṅkŕt)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अलंकार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “अलंकार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- अलङ्कार (alaṅkāra)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অলংকাৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬮᬂᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
- অলংকার (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰩𑰽𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀮𑀁𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- အလံကာရ (Burmese script)
- અલંકાર (Gujarati script)
- ਅਲਂਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌲𑌂𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦭꦁꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂪𑂁𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಲಂಕಾರ (Kannada script)
- អលំការ (Khmer script)
- ອລໍກາຣ (Lao script)
- അലംകാര (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢀ᠋ᠯᠠᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘩𑘽𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠠ᠋ᢀ᠋ᠯᠠᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧉𑧞𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐮𑑄𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଅଲଂକାର (Odia script)
- ꢂꢭꢀꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆬𑆁𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖩𑖽𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
- අලංකාර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩽𑪖𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚥𑚫𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
- அலஂகார (Tamil script)
- అలంకార (Telugu script)
- อลํการ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ལཾ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒪𑓀𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨬𑨸𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root अलंकृ (alaṃkṛ), equal to अलम् (alam) + कार (kāra).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.lɐŋ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.l̪ɐŋ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
अलंकार • (alaṃkāra) stem, m
- the act of decorating
- ornament, decoration
- (rhetoric) an ornament of the sense or the sound, of which there are 2 types - śabdālaṃkāra(sound) and arthālaṃkāra (sense)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अलंकारः (alaṃkāraḥ) | अलंकारौ (alaṃkārau) अलंकारा¹ (alaṃkārā¹) |
अलंकाराः (alaṃkārāḥ) अलंकारासः¹ (alaṃkārāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | अलंकारम् (alaṃkāram) | अलंकारौ (alaṃkārau) अलंकारा¹ (alaṃkārā¹) |
अलंकारान् (alaṃkārān) |
| instrumental | अलंकारेण (alaṃkāreṇa) | अलंकाराभ्याम् (alaṃkārābhyām) | अलंकारैः (alaṃkāraiḥ) अलंकारेभिः¹ (alaṃkārebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अलंकाराय (alaṃkārāya) | अलंकाराभ्याम् (alaṃkārābhyām) | अलंकारेभ्यः (alaṃkārebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अलंकारात् (alaṃkārāt) | अलंकाराभ्याम् (alaṃkārābhyām) | अलंकारेभ्यः (alaṃkārebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अलंकारस्य (alaṃkārasya) | अलंकारयोः (alaṃkārayoḥ) | अलंकाराणाम् (alaṃkārāṇām) |
| locative | अलंकारे (alaṃkāre) | अलंकारयोः (alaṃkārayoḥ) | अलंकारेषु (alaṃkāreṣu) |
| vocative | अलंकार (alaṃkāra) | अलंकारौ (alaṃkārau) अलंकारा¹ (alaṃkārā¹) |
अलंकाराः (alaṃkārāḥ) अलंकारासः¹ (alaṃkārāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- अर्थालंकार (arthālaṃkāra)
- आलंकारिक (ālaṃkārika)
- शब्दालंकार (śabdālaṃkāra)
Descendants
- → Hindustani:
- → Old Javanese: alaṅkara, alĕṅkara, laṅkara, lĕṅkara
- → Malayalam: അലങ്കാരം (alaṅkāraṁ)
- → Tamil: அலங்காரம் (alaṅkāram)
- Telugu: అలంకారము (alaṅkāramu)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अलंकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 94.