जकार
Sanskrit
Etymology
ज (ja, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
जकार • (jakāra) stem, m
- The name of the Devanagari letter ज (ja).
- the sound of the ज letter, /d͡ʑɐ/
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | जकारः (jakāraḥ) | जकारौ (jakārau) | जकाराः (jakārāḥ) |
| accusative | जकारम् (jakāram) | जकारौ (jakārau) | जकारान् (jakārān) |
| instrumental | जकारेन (jakārena) | जकाराभ्याम् (jakārābhyām) | जकारैः (jakāraiḥ) |
| dative | जकाराय (jakārāya) | जकाराभ्याम् (jakārābhyām) | जकारेभ्यः (jakārebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | जकारात् (jakārāt) | जकाराभ्याम् (jakārābhyām) | जकारेभ्यः (jakārebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | जकारस्य (jakārasya) | जकारयोः (jakārayoḥ) | जकारानाम् (jakārānām) |
| locative | जकारे (jakāre) | जकारयोः (jakārayoḥ) | जकारेषु (jakāreṣu) |
| vocative | जकार (jakāra) | जकारौ (jakārau) | जकाराः (jakārāḥ) |
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
palatal letters and sounds
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “जकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0407.