गकार
Sanskrit
Etymology
ग (ga, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
गकार • (gakāra) stem, m
- The name of the Devanagari letter ग (ga).
- the sound of the ग letter, /ɡɐ/
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गकारः (gakāraḥ) | गकारौ (gakārau) | गकाराः (gakārāḥ) |
| accusative | गकारम् (gakāram) | गकारौ (gakārau) | गकारान् (gakārān) |
| instrumental | गकारेन (gakārena) | गकाराभ्याम् (gakārābhyām) | गकारैः (gakāraiḥ) |
| dative | गकाराय (gakārāya) | गकाराभ्याम् (gakārābhyām) | गकारेभ्यः (gakārebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गकारात् (gakārāt) | गकाराभ्याम् (gakārābhyām) | गकारेभ्यः (gakārebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गकारस्य (gakārasya) | गकारयोः (gakārayoḥ) | गकारानाम् (gakārānām) |
| locative | गकारे (gakāre) | गकारयोः (gakārayoḥ) | गकारेषु (gakāreṣu) |
| vocative | गकार (gakāra) | गकारौ (gakārau) | गकाराः (gakārāḥ) |
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “गकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0341.