स्वीकार

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit स्वीकार (svīkāra).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

स्वीकार • (svīkār) m

1. acceptance (of an assignment, proposal, etc.)
   • 1999, Rambilas Sharma, Bhāratīya saṃskr̥ti aura Hindī-pradeśa, Kitabghar Prakashan, →ISBN, page 588:

     तुम किसी बात को केवल इसलिए मत स्वीकार करो कि यह बात अनुश्रुत है, केवल इसलिए मत स्वीकार करो कि यह बात परंपरागत है, केवल इसलिए मत स्वीकार करो कि यह बात इसी प्रकार कही गई है, केवल ...

     tum kisī bāt ko keval islie mat svīkār karo ki yah bāt anuśrut hai, keval islie mat svīkār karo ki yah bāt paramprāgat hai, keval islie mat svīkār karo ki yah bāt isī prakār kahī gaī hai, keval ...

     You should not accept a matter only because it is longstanding practice, do not accept it just because it is traditional, do not accept it just because it has been said in this manner […]

2. approval (of an action)
3. acknowledgement (of an action)

Declension

Declension of स्वीकार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	स्वीकार svīkār	स्वीकार svīkār
oblique	स्वीकार svīkār	स्वीकारों svīkārõ
vocative	स्वीकार svīkār	स्वीकारो svīkāro

Derived terms

• स्वीकार करना (svīkār karnā, “to accept, etc.”)
• स्वीकार्य (svīkārya, “acceptable”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্বীকাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬯᬷᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• স্বীকার (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰪𑰱𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀯𑀻𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• သွီကာရ (Burmese script)
• સ્વીકાર (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਵੀਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑍀𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦮꦷꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂫𑂲𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ವೀಕಾರ (Kannada script)
• ស្វីការ (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ວີກາຣ (Lao script)
• സ്വീകാര (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠣᠸᡳᡳᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘪𑘲𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠸᠢᠢᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧊𑧓𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐷𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ଵୀକାର (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢮꢷꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆮𑆵𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖪𑖱𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්වීකාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩾𑩑𑩛𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚦𑚯𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஸ்வீகார (Tamil script)
• స్వీకార (Telugu script)
• สฺวีการ (Thai script)
• སྭཱི་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒫𑒲𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨭𑨁𑨊𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

स्वी- (svī-, “combining form of स्व (sva, “one's own; self”)”) +‎ कार (kāra, “action, gain”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sʋiː.kɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪ʋiːˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

स्वीकार • (svīkāra) stem, m

1. making one's own, appropriation, claiming, claim
2. reception
3. assent, agreement, consent, promise

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of स्वीकार (svīkāra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	स्वीकारः svīkāraḥ	स्वीकारौ / स्वीकारा¹ svīkārau / svīkārā¹	स्वीकाराः / स्वीकारासः¹ svīkārāḥ / svīkārāsaḥ¹
Vocative	स्वीकार svīkāra	स्वीकारौ / स्वीकारा¹ svīkārau / svīkārā¹	स्वीकाराः / स्वीकारासः¹ svīkārāḥ / svīkārāsaḥ¹
Accusative	स्वीकारम् svīkāram	स्वीकारौ / स्वीकारा¹ svīkārau / svīkārā¹	स्वीकारान् svīkārān
Instrumental	स्वीकारेण svīkāreṇa	स्वीकाराभ्याम् svīkārābhyām	स्वीकारैः / स्वीकारेभिः¹ svīkāraiḥ / svīkārebhiḥ¹
Dative	स्वीकाराय svīkārāya	स्वीकाराभ्याम् svīkārābhyām	स्वीकारेभ्यः svīkārebhyaḥ
Ablative	स्वीकारात् svīkārāt	स्वीकाराभ्याम् svīkārābhyām	स्वीकारेभ्यः svīkārebhyaḥ
Genitive	स्वीकारस्य svīkārasya	स्वीकारयोः svīkārayoḥ	स्वीकाराणाम् svīkārāṇām
Locative	स्वीकारे svīkāre	स्वीकारयोः svīkārayoḥ	स्वीकारेषु svīkāreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्वीकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1279/1.