अकार

See also: अंकारा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अकार (akāra).

Pronunciation

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

अकार • (akār) m

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

Declension

Declension of अकार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अकार akār	अकार akār
oblique	अकार akār	अकारों akārõ
vocative	अकार akār	अकारो akāro

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• akāra (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• অকার (Bengali script)
• අකාර (Sinhalese script)
• အကာရ or ဢၵႃရ (Burmese script)
• อการ or อะการะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ອກາຣ or ອະກາຣະ (Lao script)
• អការ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

अकार m

1. Devanagari script form of akāra (“letter 'a'”)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1] (overall work in Pali), 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

Declension table of "अकार" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	अकारो (akāro)	अकारा (akārā)
Accusative (second)	अकारं (akāraṃ)	अकारे (akāre)
Instrumental (third)	अकारेन (akārena)	अकारेहि (akārehi) or अकारेभि (akārebhi)
Dative (fourth)	अकारस्स (akārassa) or अकाराय (akārāya) or अकारत्थं (akāratthaṃ)	अकारानं (akārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	अकारस्मा (akārasmā) or अकारम्हा (akāramhā) or अकारा (akārā)	अकारेहि (akārehi) or अकारेभि (akārebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	अकारस्स (akārassa)	अकारानं (akārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	अकारस्मिं (akārasmiṃ) or अकारम्हि (akāramhi) or अकारे (akāre)	अकारेसु (akāresu)
Vocative (calling)	अकार (akāra)	अकारा (akārā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অকাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• অকার (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• အကာရ (Burmese script)
• અકાર (Gujarati script)
• ਅਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಕಾರ (Kannada script)
• អការ (Khmer script)
• ອກາຣ (Lao script)
• അകാര (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଅକାର (Odia script)
• ꢂꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• අකාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• அகார (Tamil script)
• అకార (Telugu script)
• อการ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

अकार • (akāra) stem, m

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

Inflection

Masculine a-stem declension of अकार

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अकारः (akāraḥ)	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)
vocative	अकार (akāra)	अकारौ (akārau)	अकाराः (akārāḥ)

Descendants

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

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0001.