मकर
Hindi
Etymology
From Sanskrit मकर (makara). Cognate with Marathi मकर (makar).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /mə.kəɾ/, [mɐ.kɐɾ]
Noun
मकर • (makar) m (Urdu spelling مکر)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मकर makar |
मकर makar |
| oblique | मकर makar |
मकरों makarõ |
| vocative | मकर makar |
मकरो makaro |
Proper noun
मकर • (makar) m (Urdu spelling مکر)
See also
| Zodiac signs in Hindi · राशियाँ (rāśiyā̃) (layout · text) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
मेष (meṣ) |
वृष (vŕṣ) |
मिथुन (mithun) |
कर्क (kark) | ||||||||
सिंह (sĩh) |
कन्या (kanyā) |
तुला (tulā) |
वृश्चिक (vŕścik) | ||||||||
धनु (dhanu) |
मकर (makar) |
कुंभ (kumbh) |
मीना (mīnā) | ||||||||
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मकर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Etymology
From Sanskrit मकर (makara). Cognate with Hindi मकर (makar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mə.kəɾ/
Proper noun
मकर • (makar) m
See also
| Zodiac signs in Marathi · रास (rās) (layout · text) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
मेष (meṣ) |
वृषभ (vruṣabh) |
मिथुन (mithun) |
कर्क (karka) | ||||||||
सिंह (siuha) |
कन्या (kanyā) |
तूळ (tūḷ) |
वृश्चिक (vruścik) | ||||||||
धनु (dhanu) |
मकर (makar) |
कुंभ (kumbha) |
मीन (mīn) | ||||||||
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মকৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬓᬭ (Balinese script)
- মকর (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰎𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀓𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- မကရ (Burmese script)
- મકર (Gujarati script)
- ਮਕਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌕𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦏꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂍𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಕರ (Kannada script)
- មករ (Khmer script)
- ມກຣ (Lao script)
- മകര (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᡬᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘎𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢉᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑦮𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐎𑐬 (Newa script)
- ମକର (Odia script)
- ꢪꢒꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆑𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖎𑖨 (Siddham script)
- මකර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩜𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚊𑚤 (Takri script)
- மகர (Tamil script)
- మకర (Telugu script)
- มกร (Thai script)
- མ་ཀ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒏𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨋𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of unclear origin. Likely a borrowing, along with नक्र (nakra, “Scorpio; alligator; sea monster”), to which it may be related, from a non-Indo-European source, perhaps Dravidian. Attempts to connect the word with fish names in Hellenic and Baltic, as well as with Old Church Slavonic мокръ (mokrŭ, “wet”), are unconvincing.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ́.kɐ.ɾɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐ.kɐ.ɾɐ/
Noun
मकर • (mákara) stem, m
- a kind of sea-monster (sometimes confounded with the crocodile, shark, dolphin)
- (astrology, astronomy) name of the 10th sign of the zodiac (Capricornus)
- the 10th arc of 30 degrees in any circle L.
- an army of troops in the form of a मकर Mn. vii, 187
- an earring shaped like a मकर BhP. (Cf. मकर-कुण्डल)
- the hands folded in the form of a मकर Cat.
- one of the 9 treasures of Kubera
- one of the 8 magical treasures called पद्मिनी
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मकरः (mákaraḥ) | मकरौ (mákarau) मकरा¹ (mákarā¹) |
मकराः (mákarāḥ) मकरासः¹ (mákarāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | मकरम् (mákaram) | मकरौ (mákarau) मकरा¹ (mákarā¹) |
मकरान् (mákarān) |
| instrumental | मकरेण (mákareṇa) | मकराभ्याम् (mákarābhyām) | मकरैः (mákaraiḥ) मकरेभिः¹ (mákarebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मकराय (mákarāya) | मकराभ्याम् (mákarābhyām) | मकरेभ्यः (mákarebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मकरात् (mákarāt) | मकराभ्याम् (mákarābhyām) | मकरेभ्यः (mákarebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मकरस्य (mákarasya) | मकरयोः (mákarayoḥ) | मकराणाम् (mákarāṇām) |
| locative | मकरे (mákare) | मकरयोः (mákarayoḥ) | मकरेषु (mákareṣu) |
| vocative | मकर (mákara) | मकरौ (mákarau) मकरा¹ (mákarā¹) |
मकराः (mákarāḥ) मकरासः¹ (mákarāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Hindi: मकर (makar)
- → Malayalam: മകരം (makaraṁ)
- Marathi: मकर (makar)
- Pali: makara
- Punjabi: magar
- → Middle Chinese: 摩竭 (MC ma gjot|gjet)
- → Tamil: மகரம் (makaram)
- → Telugu: మకరము (makaramu)
See also
| Zodiac signs in Sanskrit · राशिचक्र (rāśicakra) (layout · text) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
मेष (meṣa) |
वृषभ (vṛṣabha) |
मिथुन (mithuna) |
कर्कटक (karkaṭaka) | ||||||||
सिंह (siṃha) |
कन्या (kanyā) |
तुला (tulā) |
वृश्चिक (vṛścika) | ||||||||
धनु (dhanu) |
मकर (makara) |
कुम्भ (kumbha) |
मीन (mīna) | ||||||||
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “mákara-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 286
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) “mákarah”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 539f
Further reading
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मकरः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Monier Williams (1899) “मकर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 771, column 2.