अहंकार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहंकार (ahaṃkāra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /eː.ɦẽː.kɑːɾ/, [eː.ɦẽː.käːɾ]

Noun

अहंकार • (ahaṅkār) m

1. pride, egoism, arrogance

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Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहंकार (ahaṃkāra).

Noun

अहंकार • (ahaṃkāra) m

1. pride

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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. egotism, arrogance, ahamkara

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)

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Sanskrit

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.

References

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.