अक

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अक (áka).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ək/, [ɐk]

Noun[edit]

अक • (ak) m

  1. (rare, formal) a sin
    Synonyms: पाप (pāp), पातक (pātak)

Declension[edit]

Declension of अक (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct अक
ak 		अक
ak
oblique अक
ak 		अकों
akõ
vocative अक
ak 		अको
ako

References[edit]

Sanskrit[edit]

Alternative scripts[edit]

Alternative scripts

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ákas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ákas (“bad”), perhaps from the BMAC substrate.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

अक • (áka) stem, n

  1. pain, unhappiness
  2. sin

Declension[edit]

Neuter a-stem declension of अक (áka)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अकम्
ákam 		अके
áke 		अकानि / अका¹
ákāni / ákā¹
Vocative अक
áka 		अके
áke 		अकानि / अका¹
ákāni / ákā¹
Accusative अकम्
ákam 		अके
áke 		अकानि / अका¹
ákāni / ákā¹
Instrumental अकेन
ákena 		अकाभ्याम्
ákābhyām 		अकैः / अकेभिः¹
ákaiḥ / ákebhiḥ¹
Dative अकाय
ákāya 		अकाभ्याम्
ákābhyām 		अकेभ्यः
ákebhyaḥ
Ablative अकात्
ákāt 		अकाभ्याम्
ákābhyām 		अकेभ्यः
ákebhyaḥ
Genitive अकस्य
ákasya 		अकयोः
ákayoḥ 		अकानाम्
ákānām
Locative अके
áke 		अकयोः
ákayoḥ 		अकेषु
ákeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎[1], Helsinki, page 8

Further reading[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899) “अक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1, column 3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 39
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