आकर

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kəɾ/, [äː.kɐɾ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit आकर (ākara)

Noun

आकर • (ākar) m

1. a mine; a rich source; store, treasury; multitude
2. place of origin; source
3. a way of sword using

Adjective

आकर • (ākar)

1. best, excellent

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “आकर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “आकर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “आकर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Etymology 2

Verb

आकर • (ākar)

1. conjunctive form of आना (ānā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আকৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬓᬭ (Balinese script)
• আকর (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰎𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀓𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• အာကရ (Burmese script)
• આકર (Gujarati script)
• ਆਕਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌕𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦏꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂍𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಕರ (Kannada script)
• អាករ (Khmer script)
• ອາກຣ (Lao script)
• ആകര (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘎𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢉᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦮𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐎𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଆକର (Odia script)
• ꢃꢒꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆑𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖎𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ආකර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩜𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚊𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஆகர (Tamil script)
• ఆకర (Telugu script)
• อากร (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཀ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒏𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨋𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root आकॄ (ākṝ, “to scatter over”) +‎ -अ (-a).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kɐ.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

आ॒क॒र • (ākará) stem, m

1. one who scatters, i.e. distributes abundantly
2. accumulation, plenty, multitude
3. a mine; a rich source
4. place of origin, origin
5. best, excellent

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आ॒क॒र

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आ॒क॒रः (ākaráḥ)	आ॒क॒रौ (ākaráu) आ॒क॒रा¹ (ākarā́¹)	आ॒क॒राः (ākarā́ḥ) आ॒क॒रासः॑¹ (ākarā́saḥ¹)
accusative	आ॒क॒रम् (ākarám)	आ॒क॒रौ (ākaráu) आ॒क॒रा¹ (ākarā́¹)	आ॒क॒रान् (ākarā́n)
instrumental	आ॒क॒रेण॑ (ākaréṇa)	आ॒क॒राभ्या॑म् (ākarā́bhyām)	आ॒क॒रैः (ākaráiḥ) आ॒क॒रेभिः॑¹ (ākarébhiḥ¹)
dative	आ॒क॒राय॑ (ākarā́ya)	आ॒क॒राभ्या॑म् (ākarā́bhyām)	आ॒क॒रेभ्यः॑ (ākarébhyaḥ)
ablative	आ॒क॒रात् (ākarā́t)	आ॒क॒राभ्या॑म् (ākarā́bhyām)	आ॒क॒रेभ्यः॑ (ākarébhyaḥ)
genitive	आ॒क॒रस्य॑ (ākarásya)	आ॒क॒रयोः॑ (ākaráyoḥ)	आ॒क॒राणा॑म् (ākarā́ṇām)
locative	आ॒क॒रे (ākaré)	आ॒क॒रयोः॑ (ākaráyoḥ)	आ॒क॒रेषु॑ (ākaréṣu)
vocative	आक॑र (ā́kara)	आक॑रौ (ā́karau) आक॑रा¹ (ā́karā¹)	आक॑राः (ā́karāḥ) आक॑रासः¹ (ā́karāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: आकर (ākar)
• Pali: ākara
  • → Khmer: អាករ (ʼaakɑɑ)
  • → Lao: ອາກອນ (ʼā kǭn)
  • → Thai: อากร (aa-gɔɔn, “group; origin”)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “आकर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0127, column 3.