प्राकार
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- প্ৰাকাৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬧ᭄ᬭᬵᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
- প্রাকার (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ပြာကာရ (Burmese script)
- પ્રાકાર (Gujarati script)
- ਪ੍ਰਾਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦿꦴꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಪ್ರಾಕಾರ (Kannada script)
- ប្រាការ (Khmer script)
- ປ຺ຣາກາຣ (Lao script)
- പ്രാകാര (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡵᠠ᠊ᠠᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠷᠠᢗᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧑𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
- ପ୍ରାକାର (Odia script)
- ꢦ꣄ꢬꢵꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ප්රාකාර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
- ப்ராகார (Tamil script)
- ప్రాకార (Telugu script)
- ปฺราการ (Thai script)
- པྲཱ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Possibly Sanskritisation of a loan from Munda (compare Santali ᱯᱟᱜᱟᱨ (pagar, “fence”)).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɾɑː.kɑː.ɾɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɾɑː.kɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
प्राकार • (prākāra) stem, m
- a wall, enclosure, fence, rampart (especially a surrounding wall elevated on a mound of earth)
- Synonym: प्राचीर (prācīra)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | प्राकारः (prākāraḥ) | प्राकारौ (prākārau) प्राकारा¹ (prākārā¹) |
प्राकाराः (prākārāḥ) प्राकारासः¹ (prākārāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | प्राकारम् (prākāram) | प्राकारौ (prākārau) प्राकारा¹ (prākārā¹) |
प्राकारान् (prākārān) |
| instrumental | प्राकारेण (prākāreṇa) | प्राकाराभ्याम् (prākārābhyām) | प्राकारैः (prākāraiḥ) प्राकारेभिः¹ (prākārebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | प्राकाराय (prākārāya) | प्राकाराभ्याम् (prākārābhyām) | प्राकारेभ्यः (prākārebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | प्राकारात् (prākārāt) | प्राकाराभ्याम् (prākārābhyām) | प्राकारेभ्यः (prākārebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | प्राकारस्य (prākārasya) | प्राकारयोः (prākārayoḥ) | प्राकाराणाम् (prākārāṇām) |
| locative | प्राकारे (prākāre) | प्राकारयोः (prākārayoḥ) | प्राकारेषु (prākāreṣu) |
| vocative | प्राकार (prākāra) | प्राकारौ (prākārau) प्राकारा¹ (prākārā¹) |
प्राकाराः (prākārāḥ) प्राकारासः¹ (prākārāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Pali: pākāra
- Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀓𑀸𑀭 (pākāra), 𑀧𑀸𑀕𑀸𑀭 (pāgāra), 𑀧𑀸𑀬𑀸𑀭 (pāyāra), 𑀧𑀬𑀸𑀭 (payāra), 𑀧𑀸𑀆𑀭 (pāāra), 𑀧𑀸𑀭 (pāra)
Borrowed terms
- → Tamil: பாகார் (pākār), பிராகாரம் (pirākāram)
- → Assamese: প্ৰাকাৰ (prakar) (learned)
- → Bengali: প্রাকার (prakar) (learned)
- → Hindustani: (learned)
- Hindi: प्राकार (prākār)
- → Khmer: ប្រាការ (praakaa) (learned)
- → Marathi: प्राकार (prākār) (learned)
- → Odia: ପ୍ରାକାର (prākāra) (learned)
- → Sinhalese: ප්රාකාරය (prākāraya) (learned)
- → Telugu: ప్రాకారము (prākāramu) (learned)
- → Thai: ปราการ (bpraa-gaan) (learned)
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prākāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
- “प्राकार” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 349, column 1.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “प्राकार”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 184
- Monier Williams (1899) “प्राकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 703/1.
