गकार

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গকাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• গকার (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ဂကာရ (Burmese script)
• ગકાર (Gujarati script)
• ਗਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಕಾರ (Kannada script)
• គការ (Khmer script)
• ຄກາຣ (Lao script)
• ഗകാര (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଗକାର (Odia script)
• ꢔꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ගකාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• க³கார (Tamil script)
• గకార (Telugu script)
• คการ (Thai script)
• ག་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

गकार • (gakāra) stem, m

1. The name of the Devanagari letter ग (ga).
2. the sound of the ग letter, /ɡɐ/

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गकार

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गकारः (gakāraḥ)	गकारौ (gakārau)	गकाराः (gakārāḥ)
accusative	गकारम् (gakāram)	गकारौ (gakārau)	गकारान् (gakārān)
instrumental	गकारेण (gakāreṇa)	गकाराभ्याम् (gakārābhyām)	गकारैः (gakāraiḥ)
dative	गकाराय (gakārāya)	गकाराभ्याम् (gakārābhyām)	गकारेभ्यः (gakārebhyaḥ)
ablative	गकारात् (gakārāt)	गकाराभ्याम् (gakārābhyām)	गकारेभ्यः (gakārebhyaḥ)
genitive	गकारस्य (gakārasya)	गकारयोः (gakārayoḥ)	गकाराणाम् (gakārāṇām)
locative	गकारे (gakāre)	गकारयोः (gakārayoḥ)	गकारेषु (gakāreṣu)
vocative	गकार (gakāra)	गकारौ (gakārau)	गकाराः (gakārāḥ)

Hypernyms

• कण्ठ्य (kaṇṭhya, “guttural”)
• अल्पप्राण (alpaprāṇa, “unaspirated”)

Coordinate terms

guttural letters and sounds

• ककार (kakāra)
• खकार (khakāra)
• घकार (ghakāra)
• ङकार (ṅakāra)
• हकार (hakāra)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “गकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 341, column 1.