आगार

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आगार (āgāra).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

आगार • (āgār) m (Urdu spelling آگار)

1. dwelling, house
2. building or premises devoted to a particular purpose
3. hall, chamber
4. receptacle, store
5. treasury

Declension

Declension of आगार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आगार āgār	आगार āgār
oblique	आगार āgār	आगारों āgārõ
vocative	आगार āgār	आगारो āgāro

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “आगार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “आगार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• अगार (agāra), आगर (āgara)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আগাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬕᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• আগার (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰐𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀕𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• အာဂါရ (Burmese script)
• આગાર (Gujarati script)
• ਆਗਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌗𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦒꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂏𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಗಾರ (Kannada script)
• អាគារ (Khmer script)
• ອາຄາຣ (Lao script)
• ആഗാര (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘐𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠺᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦰𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐐𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଆଗାର (Odia script)
• ꢃꢔꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆓𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖐𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ආගාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩞𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚌𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஆக³ார (Tamil script)
• ఆగార (Telugu script)
• อาคาร (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་གཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒑𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨍𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. आगार (āgāra) was probably the original form, while अगार (agāra) was secondary. Has been taken to be from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to gather”); compare ग्राम (grāma, “village”), Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́, “assembly, market”)).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

आ॒गा॒र • (āgārá) stem, n

1. apartment, house, dwelling

   Synonyms: गृह (gṛha), शाला (śālā), आलय (ālaya)

2. a particular high number

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of आ॒गा॒र

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आ॒गा॒रम् (āgārám)	आ॒गा॒रे (āgāré)	आ॒गा॒राणि॑ (āgārā́ṇi) आ॒गा॒रा¹ (āgārā́¹)
accusative	आ॒गा॒रम् (āgārám)	आ॒गा॒रे (āgāré)	आ॒गा॒राणि॑ (āgārā́ṇi) आ॒गा॒रा¹ (āgārā́¹)
instrumental	आ॒गा॒रेण॑ (āgāréṇa)	आ॒गा॒राभ्या॑म् (āgārā́bhyām)	आ॒गा॒रैः (āgāráiḥ) आ॒गा॒रेभिः॑¹ (āgārébhiḥ¹)
dative	आ॒गा॒राय॑ (āgārā́ya)	आ॒गा॒राभ्या॑म् (āgārā́bhyām)	आ॒गा॒रेभ्यः॑ (āgārébhyaḥ)
ablative	आ॒गा॒रात् (āgārā́t)	आ॒गा॒राभ्या॑म् (āgārā́bhyām)	आ॒गा॒रेभ्यः॑ (āgārébhyaḥ)
genitive	आ॒गा॒रस्य॑ (āgārásya)	आ॒गा॒रयोः॑ (āgāráyoḥ)	आ॒गा॒राणा॑म् (āgārā́ṇām)
locative	आ॒गा॒रे (āgāré)	आ॒गा॒रयोः॑ (āgāráyoḥ)	आ॒गा॒रेषु॑ (āgāréṣu)
vocative	आगा॑र (ā́gāra)	आगा॑रे (ā́gāre)	आगा॑राणि (ā́gārāṇi) आगा॑रा¹ (ā́gārā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “आगार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 130, column 1.