cakāra

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Possibly from Sanskrit चकार (cakāra). By surface analysis, translingual (the letter) +‎ kāra (term designating a letter or sound) etc.

Noun

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cakāra m

  1. the letter 'c'
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎[1], page 11; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      सब्बो ति इच्चेसो सद्दो सरे परे क्वचि चकारं पप्पोति
      Sabbo ti icceso saddo sare pare kvaci cakāraṃ pappoti.
      For all 'ti', this sound sometimes becomes 'c' before another vowel.

Declension

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