ञकार
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit ञकार (ñakāra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jʌ̃kär]
- Phonetic Devanagari: यँकार्
Noun
ञकार • (ñakār)
- The name of the Devanagari letter ञ (ña).
References
- “ञकार”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary][1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
Sanskrit
Etymology
ञ (ña, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɲɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
ञकार • (ñakāra) stem, m
- The name of the Devanagari letter ञ (ña).
- the sound of the ञ letter, /ɲɐ/
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ञकारः (ñakāraḥ) | ञकारौ (ñakārau) | ञकाराः (ñakārāḥ) |
| accusative | ञकारम् (ñakāram) | ञकारौ (ñakārau) | ञकारान् (ñakārān) |
| instrumental | ञकारेन (ñakārena) | ञकाराभ्याम् (ñakārābhyām) | ञकारैः (ñakāraiḥ) |
| dative | ञकाराय (ñakārāya) | ञकाराभ्याम् (ñakārābhyām) | ञकारेभ्यः (ñakārebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ञकारात् (ñakārāt) | ञकाराभ्याम् (ñakārābhyām) | ञकारेभ्यः (ñakārebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ञकारस्य (ñakārasya) | ञकारयोः (ñakārayoḥ) | ञकारानाम् (ñakārānām) |
| locative | ञकारे (ñakāre) | ञकारयोः (ñakārayoḥ) | ञकारेषु (ñakāreṣu) |
| vocative | ञकार (ñakāra) | ञकारौ (ñakārau) | ञकाराः (ñakārāḥ) |
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
palatal letters and sounds
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ञकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0429.