अकार

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit अकार (akāra).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.kɑːɾ/, [ɐ.käːɾ]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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अकार (akārm

  1. the Devanagari letter (a)
  2. the vowel sound /ə/

Declension

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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अकार m

  1. Devanagari script form of akāra (“letter 'a'”)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎[1], page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      ते च खो अक्खरापि अकारादयो एकचत्तालीसं सुत्तन्तेसु सोपकारा होन्ति, तं यथा :-
      Te ca kho akkharāpi akārādayo ekacattālīsaṃ suttantesu sopakārā honti, taṃ yathā :-
      And indeed as to the letters , there are forty one employed in the discourses; starting with 'a', they are:

Declension

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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(a, the letter) +‎ कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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अकार (akāra) stemm

  1. the Devanagari letter
  2. the vowel sound /ɐ/

Inflection

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Masculine a-stem declension of अकार
Nom. sg. अकारः (akāraḥ)
Gen. sg. अकारस्य (akārasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अकारः (akāraḥ) अकारौ (akārau) अकाराः (akārāḥ)
Vocative अकार (akāra) अकारौ (akārau) अकाराः (akārāḥ)
Accusative अकारम् (akāram) अकारौ (akārau) अकारान् (akārān)
Instrumental अकारेन (akārena) अकाराभ्याम् (akārābhyām) अकारैः (akāraiḥ)
Dative अकाराय (akārāya) अकाराभ्याम् (akārābhyām) अकारेभ्यः (akārebhyaḥ)
Ablative अकारात् (akārāt) अकाराभ्याम् (akārābhyām) अकारेभ्यः (akārebhyaḥ)
Genitive अकारस्य (akārasya) अकारयोः (akārayoḥ) अकारानाम् (akārānām)
Locative अकारे (akāre) अकारयोः (akārayoḥ) अकारेषु (akāreṣu)

Descendants

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  • English: akāra (learned)
  • Pali: akāra (learned)

References

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