ओकार

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• okāra (Latin script)
• 𑀑𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ওকার (Bengali script)
• ඔකාර (Sinhalese script)
• ဩကာရ or ဢေႃၵႃရ (Burmese script)
• โอการ or โอการะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩰᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂອກາຣ or ໂອກາຣະ (Lao script)
• ឲការ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄮𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

ओकार m

1. Devanagari script form of okāra (“folly”)
2. Devanagari script form of okāra (“the letter 'o'”)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1], 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.

Declension

Declension table of "ओकार" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ओकारो (okāro)	ओकारा (okārā)
Accusative (second)	ओकारं (okāraṃ)	ओकारे (okāre)
Instrumental (third)	ओकारेन (okārena)	ओकारेहि (okārehi) or ओकारेभि (okārebhi)
Dative (fourth)	ओकारस्स (okārassa) or ओकाराय (okārāya) or ओकारत्थं (okāratthaṃ)	ओकारानं (okārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ओकारस्मा (okārasmā) or ओकारम्हा (okāramhā) or ओकारा (okārā)	ओकारेहि (okārehi) or ओकारेभि (okārebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ओकारस्स (okārassa)	ओकारानं (okārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ओकारस्मिं (okārasmiṃ) or ओकारम्हि (okāramhi) or ओकारे (okāre)	ओकारेसु (okāresu)
Vocative (calling)	ओकार (okāra)	ओकारा (okārā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ওকাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬑᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• ওকার (Bengali script)
• 𑰌𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀑𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ဩကာရ (Burmese script)
• ઓકાર (Gujarati script)
• ਓਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌓𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦎꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂋𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಓಕಾರ (Kannada script)
• ឱការ (Khmer script)
• ໂອກາຣ (Lao script)
• ഓകാര (Malayalam script)
• ᠣᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘌𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠣᠸᠠᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦬𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐌𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଓକାର (Odia script)
• ꢐꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆏𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖌𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ඔකාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩕𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚈𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஓகார (Tamil script)
• ఓకార (Telugu script)
• โอการ (Thai script)
• ཨོ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒍𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨆𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From ओ (o) +‎ कार (kāra).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐw.kɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oːˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

ओकार • (okāra) stem, m

1. the letter for the sound of the vowel ओ (o) in Devanagari script

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ओकार (okāra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ओकारः okāraḥ	ओकारौ / ओकारा¹ okārau / okārā¹	ओकाराः / ओकारासः¹ okārāḥ / okārāsaḥ¹
Vocative	ओकार okāra	ओकारौ / ओकारा¹ okārau / okārā¹	ओकाराः / ओकारासः¹ okārāḥ / okārāsaḥ¹
Accusative	ओकारम् okāram	ओकारौ / ओकारा¹ okārau / okārā¹	ओकारान् okārān
Instrumental	ओकारेण okāreṇa	ओकाराभ्याम् okārābhyām	ओकारैः / ओकारेभिः¹ okāraiḥ / okārebhiḥ¹
Dative	ओकाराय okārāya	ओकाराभ्याम् okārābhyām	ओकारेभ्यः okārebhyaḥ
Ablative	ओकारात् okārāt	ओकाराभ्याम् okārābhyām	ओकारेभ्यः okārebhyaḥ
Genitive	ओकारस्य okārasya	ओकारयोः okārayoḥ	ओकाराणाम् okārāṇām
Locative	ओकारे okāre	ओकारयोः okārayoḥ	ओकारेषु okāreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ओकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 235.