वकार
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- vakāra (Latin script)
- 𑀯𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ৰকার (Bengali script)
- වකාර (Sinhalese script)
- ဝကာရ or ဝၵႃရ (Burmese script)
- วการ or วะการะ (Thai script)
- ᩅᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
- ວກາຣ or ວະກາຣະ (Lao script)
- វការ (Khmer script)
- 𑅇𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)
Noun
वकार m
- Devanagari script form of vakāra (“the letter 'v'”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1] (overall work in Pali), page 11; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- ओकारुकारानं अन्तभूतानं सरे परे क्वचि वकारादेसो होति।
- Okārukārānaṃ antabhūtānaṃ sare pare kvaci vakārādeso hoti.
- Final 'o' and 'u' are sometimes changed to 'v' before another vowel.
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][2] (overall work in Pali), page 291; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- वचवसवहादीनं उकारो वस्स ये ॥६॥
वच, वस, वह इच्चेवमादीनं धातूनं वकारस्स उकारो होति य पच्चये परे । उच्चते, वुच्चति; वुस्सति; वुय्हति ॥- 6. Vacavasavahādīnaṃ ukāro vassa ye
Vaca, vasa, vaha iccevamādīnaṃ dhātūnaṃ vakārassa ukāro hoti ya paccaye pare.Uccate, vuccate; vussati; vuyhati. - Vac, vas, vah etc. which have 'u' for 'va'
Roots vac, vas, vah and so on etc. have 'u' from 'va' next to the ending 'ya'.
Exx: uccate, vuccate; vussati; vuyhati.
- 6. Vacavasavahādīnaṃ ukāro vassa ye
Declension
Declension table of "वकार" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | वकारो (vakāro) | वकारा (vakārā) |
| Accusative (second) | वकारं (vakāraṃ) | वकारे (vakāre) |
| Instrumental (third) | वकारेन (vakārena) | वकारेहि (vakārehi) or वकारेभि (vakārebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | वकारस्स (vakārassa) or वकाराय (vakārāya) or वकारत्थं (vakāratthaṃ) | वकारानं (vakārānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | वकारस्मा (vakārasmā) or वकारम्हा (vakāramhā) or वकारा (vakārā) | वकारेहि (vakārehi) or वकारेभि (vakārebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | वकारस्स (vakārassa) | वकारानं (vakārānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | वकारस्मिं (vakārasmiṃ) or वकारम्हि (vakāramhi) or वकारे (vakāre) | वकारेसु (vakāresu) |
| Vocative (calling) | वकार (vakāra) | वकारा (vakārā) |
Sanskrit
Etymology
व (va, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
वकार • (vakāra) stem, m
- The name of the Devanagari letter व (va).
- the sound of the व letter, /ʋɐ/
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वकारः (vakāraḥ) | वकारौ (vakārau) | वकाराः (vakārāḥ) |
| accusative | वकारम् (vakāram) | वकारौ (vakārau) | वकारान् (vakārān) |
| instrumental | वकारेन (vakārena) | वकाराभ्याम् (vakārābhyām) | वकारैः (vakāraiḥ) |
| dative | वकाराय (vakārāya) | वकाराभ्याम् (vakārābhyām) | वकारेभ्यः (vakārebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वकारात् (vakārāt) | वकाराभ्याम् (vakārābhyām) | वकारेभ्यः (vakārebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वकारस्य (vakārasya) | वकारयोः (vakārayoḥ) | वकारानाम् (vakārānām) |
| locative | वकारे (vakāre) | वकारयोः (vakārayoḥ) | वकारेषु (vakāreṣu) |
| vocative | वकार (vakāra) | वकारौ (vakārau) | वकाराः (vakārāḥ) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0910.