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ākāra

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See also: akara, akāra, and ākara

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit आकार (ākāra, shape; form; size; figure).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ākāra

  1. form, appearance, aspect. It is also used where there is no question of a physically perceptible form, in the wider sense of ``state. See also .
  2. facial expression
  3. interval, space, number, measure
  4. distance, length of time
  5. to the number of, at the time of, for the length of, at a distance of
  6. countless

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • > Javanese: ꦲꦏꦫ (akara) (inherited)

Further reading

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  • "ākāra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Possibly from Sanskrit आकार (ākāra). By surface analysis, (ā, the letter) +‎ kāra (term designating a letter or sound) etc.

Noun

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ākāra m

  1. the letter 'ā'
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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ākāra m

  1. state, condition
  2. quality, attribute
  3. appearance
  4. manner
Declension
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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References

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Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli Language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875.