नकार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नकार (nakāra).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /nə.kɑːɾ/, [nɐ.käːɾ]

Noun

नकार • (nakār) m

(linguistics) the letter or the sound of न (na)
denial, declining, refusal, rejection, disapproving
Synonyms: अस्वीकार (asvīkār), इनकार (inkār), मना (manā)
- 2019, Praveen Kumar Anshuman, Ravi Prakash Chaubey, मानुष जागत नाहीं [mānuṣ jāgat nāhī̃, Man doesn't wake]‎^[1], Diamond Pocket Books, →ISBN:
  पुराने मूल्य का नकार नई आस्था और विश्वास की शुरुआत होता है।
  purāne mūlya kā nakār naī āsthā aur viśvās kī śuruāt hotā hai.
  The rejection of old values is the beginning of a new belief and faith.

Declension

Declension of *नकार* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	नकार nakār	नकार nakār
oblique	नकार nakār	नकारों nakārõ
vocative	नकार nakār	नकारो nakāro

Derived terms

नकारना (nakārnā)
नकारवाद (nakārvād)
नकारात्मक (nakārātmak)

References

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नकार”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2507
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नकार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 539
Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “नकार”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 347
Platts, John T. (1884) “नकार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1147

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नकार (nakāra).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nə.kaɾ/

Noun

नकार • (nakār) m

(linguistics) the letter or the sound of न (na)
refusal, denial, rejection
Antonym: होकार (hokār)

Declension

Declension of नकार (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	नकार nakār
direct plural	नकार nakār
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	नकार nakār	नकार nakār
oblique सामान्यरूप	नकारा nakārā	नकारां- nakārān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	नकाराला nakārālā	नकारांना nakārānnā
ergative	नकाराने, नकारानं nakārāne, nakārāna	नकारांनी nakārānnī
instrumental	नकाराशी nakārāśī	नकारांशी nakārānśī
locative सप्तमी	नकारात nakārāt	नकारांत nakārāt
vocative संबोधन	नकारा nakārā	नकारांनो nakārānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of नकार (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	नकाराचा nakārāċā	नकाराचे nakārāċe	नकाराची nakārācī	नकाराच्या nakārācā	नकाराचे, नकाराचं nakārāċe, nakārāċa	नकाराची nakārācī	नकाराच्या nakārācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	नकारांचा nakārānċā	नकारांचे nakārānċe	नकारांची nakārāñcī	नकारांच्या nakārāncā	नकारांचे, नकारांचं nakārānċe, nakārānċa	नकारांची nakārāñcī	नकारांच्या nakārāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

नकारणी (nakārṇī)
नकारणे (nakārṇe)
नकारात्मक (nakārātmak)
नकारार्थी (nakārārthī)

References

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “नकार”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 74
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नकार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 447
Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “नकार”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press, page 307

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

নকাৰ (Assamese script)
ᬦᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
নকার (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
နကာရ (Burmese script)
નકાર (Gujarati script)
ਨਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ನಕಾರ (Kannada script)
នការ (Khmer script)
ນກາຣ (Lao script)
നകാര (Malayalam script)
ᠨᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
ᠨᠠᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
ନକାର (Odia script)
ꢥꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
නකාර (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
நகார (Tamil script)
నకార (Telugu script)
นการ (Thai script)
ན་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From न (na, “Devanagari letter न (na); no”) +‎ कार (kāra, “act; sound, expression”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

नकार • (nakāra) stem, m

(linguistics) the letter or the sound of न (na)
the expression न (na, “no”); negation, declining, refusal, rejection, denial, disapproving
- Subhāṣita:
  मौनं कालविलम्बश् च प्रयाणं भूमिदर्शनम्‌ ।
  भ्रूकुट्य् अन्यमुखी वार्त्ता नकारः षड्विधः स्मृतः ॥
  maunaṃ kālavilambaś ca prayāṇaṃ bhūmidarśanam‌.
  bhrūkuṭy anyamukhī vārttā nakāraḥ ṣaḍvidhaḥ smṛtaḥ.
  Silence, delaying, going away, looking at the ground, frowning and digressing are six ways of declining.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नकार
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	नकारः (nakāraḥ)	नकारौ (nakārau) नकारा¹ (nakārā¹)	नकाराः (nakārāḥ) नकारासः¹ (nakārāsaḥ¹)
accusative	नकारम् (nakāram)	नकारौ (nakārau) नकारा¹ (nakārā¹)	नकारान् (nakārān)
instrumental	नकारेण (nakāreṇa)	नकाराभ्याम् (nakārābhyām)	नकारैः (nakāraiḥ) नकारेभिः¹ (nakārebhiḥ¹)
dative	नकाराय (nakārāya)	नकाराभ्याम् (nakārābhyām)	नकारेभ्यः (nakārebhyaḥ)
ablative	नकारात् (nakārāt)	नकाराभ्याम् (nakārābhyām)	नकारेभ्यः (nakārebhyaḥ)
genitive	नकारस्य (nakārasya)	नकारयोः (nakārayoḥ)	नकाराणाम् (nakārāṇām)
locative	नकारे (nakāre)	नकारयोः (nakārayoḥ)	नकारेषु (nakāreṣu)
vocative	नकार (nakāra)	नकारौ (nakārau) नकारा¹ (nakārā¹)	नकाराः (nakārāḥ) नकारासः¹ (nakārāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “नकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 523.
Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “nakāra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.