अकस्मात्

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अकस्मात् (akasmāt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.kəs.mɑːt̪/, [ɐ.kɐs.mäːt̪]

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Adverb

अकस्मात् • (akasmāt)

1. (literary) suddenly, abruptly

   Synonym: अचानक (acānak)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অকস্মাত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬓᬲ᭄ᬫᬵᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অকস্মাত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰎𑰭𑰿𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀸𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အကသ္မာတ် (Burmese script)
• અકસ્માત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਕਸ੍ਮਾਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦏꦱ꧀ꦩꦴꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂍𑂮𑂹𑂧𑂰𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಕಸ್ಮಾತ್ (Kannada script)
• អកស្មាត៑ (Khmer script)
• ອກສ຺ມາຕ຺ (Lao script)
• അകസ്മാത് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡬᠠᠰ᠌ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘎𑘭𑘿𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢉᠠᠰᠮᠠᢗᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦮𑧍𑧠𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐎𑐳𑑂𑐩𑐵𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅକସ୍ମାତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢒꢱ꣄ꢪꢵꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆑𑆱𑇀𑆩𑆳𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖎𑖭𑖿𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අකස‍්මාත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩜𑪁 𑪙𑩴𑩛𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚊𑚨𑚶𑚢𑚭𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• அகஸ்மாத் (Tamil script)
• అకస్మాత్ (Telugu script)
• อกสฺมาตฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཀ་སྨཱ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒏𑒮𑓂𑒧𑒰𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨋𑨰𑩇𑨢𑨊𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From अ- (a-) +‎ कस्मात् (kasmāt), literally “without a why”.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kɐs.mɑːt/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kɐs̪.mɑːt̪/

Adverb

अकस्मात् • (akasmāt)

1. without apparent cause; suddenly; accidentally

Descendants

• → Hindi: अकस्मात् (akasmāt) (learned)

References

• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “अकस्मात्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 1
• Monier Williams (1899), “अकस्मात्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 2, column 1.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “akasmāt”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.