अहंकार
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अहंकार (ahaṃkāra).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.ɦəŋ.kɑːɾ/, [ɛ.ɦɛ̃ŋ.käːɾ]
Noun
अहंकार • (ahaṅkār) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अहंकार ahaṅkār |
अहंकार ahaṅkār |
| oblique | अहंकार ahaṅkār |
अहंकारों ahaṅkārõ |
| vocative | अहंकार ahaṅkār |
अहंकारो ahaṅkāro |
Old Gujarati
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अहंकार (ahaṃkāra).
Noun
अहंकार • (ahaṃkāra) m
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
अहंकार m
- Devanagari script form of ahaṃkāra
Declension
Declension table of "अहंकार" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | अहंकारो (ahaṃkāro) | अहंकारा (ahaṃkārā) |
| Accusative (second) | अहंकारं (ahaṃkāraṃ) | अहंकारे (ahaṃkāre) |
| Instrumental (third) | अहंकारेन (ahaṃkārena) | अहंकारेहि (ahaṃkārehi) or अहंकारेभि (ahaṃkārebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | अहंकारस्स (ahaṃkārassa) or अहंकाराय (ahaṃkārāya) or अहंकारत्थं (ahaṃkāratthaṃ) | अहंकारानं (ahaṃkārānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | अहंकारस्मा (ahaṃkārasmā) or अहंकारम्हा (ahaṃkāramhā) or अहंकारा (ahaṃkārā) | अहंकारेहि (ahaṃkārehi) or अहंकारेभि (ahaṃkārebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | अहंकारस्स (ahaṃkārassa) | अहंकारानं (ahaṃkārānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | अहंकारस्मिं (ahaṃkārasmiṃ) or अहंकारम्हि (ahaṃkāramhi) or अहंकारे (ahaṃkāre) | अहंकारेसु (ahaṃkāresu) |
| Vocative (calling) | अहंकार (ahaṃkāra) | अहंकारा (ahaṃkārā) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অহংকাৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬳᬂᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
- অহংকার (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰮𑰽𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀳𑀁𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- အဟံကာရ (Burmese script)
- અહંકાર (Gujarati script)
- ਅਹਂਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌹𑌂𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦲꦁꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂯𑂁𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಹಂಕಾರ (Kannada script)
- អហំការ (Khmer script)
- ອຫໍກາຣ (Lao script)
- അഹംകാര (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢀ᠋ᡥᠠᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘮𑘽𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠠ᠋ᢀ᠋ᠾᠠᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧎𑧞𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐴𑑄𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଅହଂକାର (Odia script)
- ꢂꢲꢀꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆲𑆁𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖮𑖽𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
- අහංකාර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑪂𑪖𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚩𑚫𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
- அஹஂகார (Tamil script)
- అహంకార (Telugu script)
- อหํการ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཧཾ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒯𑓀𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨱𑨸𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of अहं (ahaṃ, “I”) + -कार (-kāra, “doer”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɦɐŋ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɦɐŋ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
अहंकार • (ahaṃkāra) stem, m
- conception of one's individuality, self-consciousness
- the making of self, thinking of self, egotism
- pride, haughtiness
- (philosophy) the third of the eight producers or sources of creation, viz. the conceit or conception of individuality, individualization
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अहंकारः (ahaṃkāraḥ) | अहंकारौ (ahaṃkārau) अहंकारा¹ (ahaṃkārā¹) |
अहंकाराः (ahaṃkārāḥ) अहंकारासः¹ (ahaṃkārāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | अहंकारम् (ahaṃkāram) | अहंकारौ (ahaṃkārau) अहंकारा¹ (ahaṃkārā¹) |
अहंकारान् (ahaṃkārān) |
| instrumental | अहंकारेण (ahaṃkāreṇa) | अहंकाराभ्याम् (ahaṃkārābhyām) | अहंकारैः (ahaṃkāraiḥ) अहंकारेभिः¹ (ahaṃkārebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अहंकाराय (ahaṃkārāya) | अहंकाराभ्याम् (ahaṃkārābhyām) | अहंकारेभ्यः (ahaṃkārebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अहंकारात् (ahaṃkārāt) | अहंकाराभ्याम् (ahaṃkārābhyām) | अहंकारेभ्यः (ahaṃkārebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अहंकारस्य (ahaṃkārasya) | अहंकारयोः (ahaṃkārayoḥ) | अहंकाराणाम् (ahaṃkārāṇām) |
| locative | अहंकारे (ahaṃkāre) | अहंकारयोः (ahaṃkārayoḥ) | अहंकारेषु (ahaṃkāreṣu) |
| vocative | अहंकार (ahaṃkāra) | अहंकारौ (ahaṃkārau) अहंकारा¹ (ahaṃkārā¹) |
अहंकाराः (ahaṃkārāḥ) अहंकारासः¹ (ahaṃkārāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Pali: ahaṃkāra
- Punjabi: ਹੰਕਾਰ (haṃkār)
- → English: ahamkara (learned)
- → Hindi: अहंकार (ahaṅkār)
- → Kannada: ಅಹಂಕಾರ (ahaṅkāra)
- → Malayalam: അഹങ്കാരം (ahaṅkāraṁ)
- → Newar: अहङ्कार (ahaṅkāra)
- → Old Gujarati: अहंकार (ahaṃkāra)
- → Portuguese: ahamkara (learned)
- → Telugu: అహంకారము (ahaṅkāramu)
- → Tamil: அகங்காரம் (akaṅkāram)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अहंकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 124, column 2.