यकार
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- yakāra (Latin script)
- 𑀬𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- যকার (Bengali script)
- යකාර (Sinhalese script)
- ယကာရ or ယၵႃရ (Burmese script)
- ยการ or ยะการะ (Thai script)
- ᨿᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
- ຍກາຣ or ຍະກາຣະ or ຢະກາຣະ (Lao script)
- យការ (Khmer script)
- 𑄠𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)
Noun
यकार m
- Devanagari script form of yakāra (“the letter 'y'”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1] (overall work in Pali), page 10; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- एकारस्स अन्तभूतस्स सरे परे क्वचि यकारादेसो होति।
- Ekārassa antabhūtassa sare pare kvaci yakārādeso hoti.
- The final 'e' next to another vowel is sometimes changed into 'y'.
Declension
Declension table of "यकार" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | यकारो (yakāro) | यकारा (yakārā) |
| Accusative (second) | यकारं (yakāraṃ) | यकारे (yakāre) |
| Instrumental (third) | यकारेन (yakārena) | यकारेहि (yakārehi) or यकारेभि (yakārebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | यकारस्स (yakārassa) or यकाराय (yakārāya) or यकारत्थं (yakāratthaṃ) | यकारानं (yakārānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | यकारस्मा (yakārasmā) or यकारम्हा (yakāramhā) or यकारा (yakārā) | यकारेहि (yakārehi) or यकारेभि (yakārebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | यकारस्स (yakārassa) | यकारानं (yakārānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | यकारस्मिं (yakārasmiṃ) or यकारम्हि (yakāramhi) or यकारे (yakāre) | यकारेसु (yakāresu) |
| Vocative (calling) | यकार (yakāra) | यकारा (yakārā) |
Sanskrit
Etymology
य (ya, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /jɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
यकार • (yakāra) stem, m
- The name of the Devanagari letter य (ya).
- the sound of the य letter, /jɐ/
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | यकारः (yakāraḥ) | यकारौ (yakārau) | यकाराः (yakārāḥ) |
| accusative | यकारम् (yakāram) | यकारौ (yakārau) | यकारान् (yakārān) |
| instrumental | यकारेन (yakārena) | यकाराभ्याम् (yakārābhyām) | यकारैः (yakāraiḥ) |
| dative | यकाराय (yakārāya) | यकाराभ्याम् (yakārābhyām) | यकारेभ्यः (yakārebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | यकारात् (yakārāt) | यकाराभ्याम् (yakārābhyām) | यकारेभ्यः (yakārebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | यकारस्य (yakārasya) | यकारयोः (yakārayoḥ) | यकारानाम् (yakārānām) |
| locative | यकारे (yakāre) | यकारयोः (yakārayoḥ) | यकारेषु (yakāreṣu) |
| vocative | यकार (yakāra) | यकारौ (yakārau) | यकाराः (yakārāḥ) |
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
palatal letters and sounds
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “यकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0838.