अक

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अक (áka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ək/, [ɐk]

Noun

अक • (ak) m

1. (rare, formal) a sin

   Synonyms: पाप (pāp), पातक (pātak)

Declension

Declension of अक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अक ak	अक ak
oblique	अक ak	अकों akõ
vocative	अक ak	अको ako

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অক (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬓ (Balinese script)
• অক (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• အက (Burmese script)
• અક (Gujarati script)
• ਅਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಕ (Kannada script)
• អក (Khmer script)
• ອກ (Lao script)
• അക (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଅକ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖎 (Siddham script)
• අක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚊 (Takri script)
• அக (Tamil script)
• అక (Telugu script)
• อก (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ákas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ákas (“bad”), perhaps from the BMAC substrate.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kɐ/

Noun

अक • (áka) stem, n

1. pain, unhappiness
2. sin

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of अक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अकम् (ákam)	अके (áke)	अकानि (ákāni) अका¹ (ákā¹)
vocative	अक (áka)	अके (áke)	अकानि (ákāni) अका¹ (ákā¹)
accusative	अकम् (ákam)	अके (áke)	अकानि (ákāni) अका¹ (ákā¹)
instrumental	अकेन (ákena)	अकाभ्याम् (ákābhyām)	अकैः (ákaiḥ) अकेभिः¹ (ákebhiḥ¹)
dative	अकाय (ákāya)	अकाभ्याम् (ákābhyām)	अकेभ्यः (ákebhyaḥ)
ablative	अकात् (ákāt)	अकाभ्याम् (ákābhyām)	अकेभ्यः (ákebhyaḥ)
genitive	अकस्य (ákasya)	अकयोः (ákayoḥ)	अकानाम् (ákānām)
locative	अके (áke)	अकयोः (ákayoḥ)	अकेषु (ákeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “अक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 39