सरकार

See also: सुराकार and सरकारी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سرکار‎ (sarkār). Compare Punjabi ਸਰਕਾਰ (sarkār) / سَرکار‎ (sarkār), Gujarati સરકાર (sarkār), Marathi सरकार (sarkār), Bengali সরকার (śorkar), Nepali सरकार (sarkār).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /səɾ.kɑːɾ/, [s̪əɾ.käːɾ]

Noun

सरकार • (sarkār) f (Urdu spelling سَرْکَار‎)

1. (uncountable) government

   मैं सरकार के लिए काम करता हूँ।

   ma͠i sarkār ke lie kām kartā hū̃.

   I work for the government

2. (countable) a government of a nation

   आज, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका की सरकार ने एक आधिकारिक बयान दिया।

   āj, sãyukt rājya amerikā kī sarkār ne ek ādhikārik bayān diyā.

   Today, the United States of America's government issued an official statement.

Declension

Declension of सरकार (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सरकार sarkār	सरकारें sarkārẽ
oblique	सरकार sarkār	सरकारों sarkārõ
vocative	सरकार sarkār	सरकारो sarkāro

Synonyms

• शासन (śāsan)
• हुकूमत (hukūmat)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सरकार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سرکار‎ (sarkār). Compare Gujarati સરકાર (sarkār), Hindustani سَرْکَار‎ (sarkār) / सरकार (sarkār), Punjabi ਸਰਕਾਰ (sarkār) / سَرکار‎ (sarkār), Bengali সরকার (śorkar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səɾ.kaɾ/

Noun

सरकार • (sarkār) n

1. (uncountable, countable) government

   Synonym: शासन (śāsan)

Declension

Declension of सरकार (sarkār)
direct singular	सरकार sarkār
direct plural	सरकारे, सरकारं sarkāre, sarkāra
	singular		plural
nominative	सरकार sarkār		सरकारे, सरकारं sarkāre, sarkāra
oblique	सरकारा- sarkārā-		सरकारां- sarkārāN-
dative	सरकाराला sarkārālā		सरकारांना sarkārāNnā
ergative	सरकाराने sarkārāne		सरकारांनी sarkārāNni
instrumental	सरकाराशी sarkārāśi		सरकारांशी sarkārāNśi
locative	सरकारात sarkārāt		सरकारांत sarkārāNt
vocative	सरकारा sarkārā		सरकारांनो sarkārāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of सरकार
	masculine object		feminine object		neuter object		oblique
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular*	plural
singular subject	सरकाराचा sarkārāċā	सरकाराचे sarkārāce	सरकाराची sarkārāci	सरकाराच्या sarkārāca	सरकाराचे, सरकाराचं sarkārāce, sarkārāċa	सरकाराची sarkārāci	सरकाराच्या sarkārāca
plural subject	सरकारांचा sarkārāNċā	सरकारांचे sarkārāNce	सरकारांची sarkārāNci	सरकारांच्या sarkārāNca	सरकारांचे, सरकारांचं sarkārāNce, sarkārāNċa	सरकारांची sarkārāNci	सरकारांच्या sarkārāNca
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• सरकारी (sarkārī, “Government”) (adjective)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “सरकार”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “सरकार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “सरकार”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala.

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سرکار‎ (sarkār). Compare Gujarati સરકાર (sarkār), Hindustani سَرْکَار‎ (sarkār) / सरकार (sarkār), Punjabi ਸਰਕਾਰ (sarkār) / سَرکار‎ (sarkār), Bengali সরকার (śorkar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʌrkär]
• Phonetic Devanagari: सरकार्

Noun

सरकार • (sarkār)

1. government