makāro
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- 𑀫𑀓𑀸𑀭𑁄 (Brahmi script)
- मकारो (Devanagari script)
- মকারো (Bengali script)
- මකාරො (Sinhalese script)
- မကာရော or မၵႃရေႃ (Burmese script)
- มกาโร or มะกาโร (Thai script)
- ᨾᨠᩣᩁᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ມກາໂຣ or ມະກາໂຣ (Lao script)
- មការោ (Khmer script)
- 𑄟𑄇𑄂𑄢𑄮 (Chakma script)
Noun
makāro m
- nominative singular of makāra (“the letter 'm'”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1] (overall work in Pali), page 285; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- गमु इच्चेदस्स धातुस्स अन्तो मकारो च्छो होति वा सब्बासु पच्चयविभत्तीसु।
- Gamu[ ]iccetassa dhātussa anto makāro ccho hoti vā sabbāsu paccayavibhattīsu.
- The final m of the root gamu is optionally changed into cch, if any suffix or verbal termination follows: