परिकर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পৰিকৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬭᬶᬓᬭ (Balinese script)
• পরিকর (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰨𑰰𑰎𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀭𑀺𑀓𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ပရိကရ (Burmese script)
• પરિકર (Gujarati script)
• ਪਰਿਕਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌕𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦫꦶꦏꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂩𑂱𑂍𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಪರಿಕರ (Kannada script)
• បរិករ (Khmer script)
• ປຣິກຣ (Lao script)
• പരികര (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᡵᡳᡬᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘨𑘱𑘎𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠷᠢᢉᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧈𑧒𑦮𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐬𑐶𑐎𑐬 (Newa script)
• ପରିକର (Odia script)
• ꢦꢬꢶꢒꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆫𑆴𑆑𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖨𑖰𑖎𑖨 (Siddham script)
• පරිකර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩼𑩑𑩜𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚤𑚮𑚊𑚤 (Takri script)
• பரிகர (Tamil script)
• పరికర (Telugu script)
• ปริกร (Thai script)
• པ་རི་ཀ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒩𑒱𑒏𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨫𑨁𑨋𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.

Sanskrit परि- (pari-)

Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-

Sanskrit कृ (kṛ)

Sanskrit कर (kara)

Sanskrit परिकर

परि- (pari-) +‎ कर (kara).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾi.kɐ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾi.kɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

परिकर • (parikara) stem, m

1. who or what helps or assists
2. attendants, followers, entourage, retinue, train
3. multitude, abundance
4. a girth, zone, waist-band, (esp.) a girdle to keep up a garment
5. (drama) covert or indirect intimation of coming events in a plot, the germ of the Bīja
6. (rhetoric) a particular figure in which many significant epithets or adjectives are employed one after the other to give force to a statement

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of परिकर

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	परिकरः (parikaraḥ)	परिकरौ (parikarau) परिकरा¹ (parikarā¹)	परिकराः (parikarāḥ) परिकरासः¹ (parikarāsaḥ¹)
accusative	परिकरम् (parikaram)	परिकरौ (parikarau) परिकरा¹ (parikarā¹)	परिकरान् (parikarān)
instrumental	परिकरेण (parikareṇa)	परिकराभ्याम् (parikarābhyām)	परिकरैः (parikaraiḥ) परिकरेभिः¹ (parikarebhiḥ¹)
dative	परिकराय (parikarāya)	परिकराभ्याम् (parikarābhyām)	परिकरेभ्यः (parikarebhyaḥ)
ablative	परिकरात् (parikarāt)	परिकराभ्याम् (parikarābhyām)	परिकरेभ्यः (parikarebhyaḥ)
genitive	परिकरस्य (parikarasya)	परिकरयोः (parikarayoḥ)	परिकराणाम् (parikarāṇām)
locative	परिकरे (parikare)	परिकरयोः (parikarayoḥ)	परिकरेषु (parikareṣu)
vocative	परिकर (parikara)	परिकरौ (parikarau) परिकरा¹ (parikarā¹)	परिकराः (parikarāḥ) परिकरासः¹ (parikarāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• उच्चिक्यिरे (uccikyire)
• उच्चिनोति (uccinoti)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “परिकर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 591/2-3.