अहंकार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहंकार (ahaṃkāra).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

अहंकार • (ahaṅkār) m

1. pride, egoism, arrogance

Declension

Declension of अहंकार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अहंकार ahaṅkār	अहंकार ahaṅkār
oblique	अहंकार ahaṅkār	अहंकारों ahaṅkārõ
vocative	अहंकार ahaṅkār	अहंकारो ahaṅkāro

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहंकार (ahaṃkāra).

Noun

अहंकार • (ahaṃkāra) m

1. pride

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ahaṃkāra (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀳𑀁𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• अहङ्कार (Devanagari script)
• অহংকার (Bengali script)
• අහංකාර (Sinhalese script)
• အဟံကာရ (Burmese script)
• อหํการ or อหงฺการ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩉᩴᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຫໍກາຣ or ອະຫັງກາຣະ (Lao script)
• អហំការ or អហង្ការ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄦𑄁𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

अहंकार m

1. Devanagari script form of ahaṃkāra

Declension

Declension table of "अहंकार" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	अहंकारो (ahaṃkāro)	अहंकारा (ahaṃkārā)
Accusative (second)	अहंकारं (ahaṃkāraṃ)	अहंकारे (ahaṃkāre)
Instrumental (third)	अहंकारेन (ahaṃkārena)	अहंकारेहि (ahaṃkārehi) or अहंकारेभि (ahaṃkārebhi)
Dative (fourth)	अहंकारस्स (ahaṃkārassa) or अहंकाराय (ahaṃkārāya) or अहंकारत्थं (ahaṃkāratthaṃ)	अहंकारानं (ahaṃkārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	अहंकारस्मा (ahaṃkārasmā) or अहंकारम्हा (ahaṃkāramhā) or अहंकारा (ahaṃkārā)	अहंकारेहि (ahaṃkārehi) or अहंकारेभि (ahaṃkārebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	अहंकारस्स (ahaṃkārassa)	अहंकारानं (ahaṃkārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	अहंकारस्मिं (ahaṃkārasmiṃ) or अहंकारम्हि (ahaṃkāramhi) or अहंकारे (ahaṃkāre)	अहंकारेसु (ahaṃkāresu)
Vocative (calling)	अहंकार (ahaṃkāra)	अहंकारा (ahaṃkārā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অহংকাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬳᬂᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• অহংকার (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰮𑰽𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀳𑀁𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• အဟံကာရ (Burmese script)
• અહંકાર (Gujarati script)
• ਅਹਂਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌹𑌂𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦲꦁꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂯𑂁𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಹಂಕಾರ (Kannada script)
• អហំការ (Khmer script)
• ອຫໍກາຣ (Lao script)
• അഹംകാര (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢀ᠋ᡥᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘮𑘽𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠠ᠋ᢀ᠋ᠾᠠᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧎𑧞𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐴𑑄𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଅହଂକାର (Odia script)
• ꢂꢲꢀꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆲𑆁𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖮𑖽𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• අහංකාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑪂𑪖𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚩𑚫𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• அஹஂகார (Tamil script)
• అహంకార (Telugu script)
• อหํการ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཧཾ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒯𑓀𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨱𑨸𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of अहं (ahaṃ, “I”) +‎ -कार (-kāra, “doer”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

अहंकार • (ahaṃkāra) stem, m

1. conception of one's individuality, self-consciousness
2. the making of self, thinking of self, egotism
3. pride, haughtiness
4. (philosophy) the third of the eight producers or sources of creation, viz. the conceit or conception of individuality, individualization

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अहंकार

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अहंकारः (ahaṃkāraḥ)	अहंकारौ (ahaṃkārau) अहंकारा¹ (ahaṃkārā¹)	अहंकाराः (ahaṃkārāḥ) अहंकारासः¹ (ahaṃkārāsaḥ¹)
accusative	अहंकारम् (ahaṃkāram)	अहंकारौ (ahaṃkārau) अहंकारा¹ (ahaṃkārā¹)	अहंकारान् (ahaṃkārān)
instrumental	अहंकारेण (ahaṃkāreṇa)	अहंकाराभ्याम् (ahaṃkārābhyām)	अहंकारैः (ahaṃkāraiḥ) अहंकारेभिः¹ (ahaṃkārebhiḥ¹)
dative	अहंकाराय (ahaṃkārāya)	अहंकाराभ्याम् (ahaṃkārābhyām)	अहंकारेभ्यः (ahaṃkārebhyaḥ)
ablative	अहंकारात् (ahaṃkārāt)	अहंकाराभ्याम् (ahaṃkārābhyām)	अहंकारेभ्यः (ahaṃkārebhyaḥ)
genitive	अहंकारस्य (ahaṃkārasya)	अहंकारयोः (ahaṃkārayoḥ)	अहंकाराणाम् (ahaṃkārāṇām)
locative	अहंकारे (ahaṃkāre)	अहंकारयोः (ahaṃkārayoḥ)	अहंकारेषु (ahaṃkāreṣu)
vocative	अहंकार (ahaṃkāra)	अहंकारौ (ahaṃkārau) अहंकारा¹ (ahaṃkārā¹)	अहंकाराः (ahaṃkārāḥ) अहंकारासः¹ (ahaṃkārāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: ahaṃkāra
• Punjabi: ਹੰਕਾਰ (haṃkār)
• → English: ahamkara (learned)
• → Hindi: अहंकार (ahaṅkār)
• → Kannada: ಅಹಂಕಾರ (ahaṅkāra)
• → Malayalam: അഹങ്കാരം (ahaṅkāraṁ)
• → Newar: अहङ्कार (ahaṅkāra)
• → Old Gujarati: अहंकार (ahaṃkāra)
• → Portuguese: ahamkara (learned)
• → Telugu: అహంకారము (ahaṅkāramu)
• → Tamil: அகங்காரம் (akaṅkāram)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “अहंकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 124, column 2.