kakāra

See also: kakara

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀓𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • ककार (Devanagari script)
  • ককার (Bengali script)
  • කකාර (Sinhalese script)
  • ကကာရ or ၵၵႃရ (Burmese script)
  • กการ or กะการะ (Thai script)
  • ᨠᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
  • ກກາຣ or ກະກາຣະ (Lao script)
  • កការ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄇𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit ककार (kakāra). By surface analysis, translingual ක (ka, “letter”) +‎ kāra (“letter or sound”) etc.

Noun

kakāra m

  1. the letter 'k'

Declension

Declension table of "kakāra" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kakārokakārā
Accusative (second)kakāraṃkakāre
Instrumental (third)kakārenakakārehi or kakārebhi
Dative (fourth)kakārassa or kakārāya or kakāratthaṃkakārānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)kakārasmā or kakāramhā or kakārākakārehi or kakārebhi
Genitive (sixth)kakārassakakārānaṃ
Locative (seventh)kakārasmiṃ or kakāramhi or kakārekakāresu
Vocative (calling)kakārakakārā

Synonyms

References

Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli Language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875.

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