आकर

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kəɾ/, [äː.kɐɾ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit आकर (ākara)

Noun

आकर • (ākar) m

1. a mine; a rich source; store, treasury; multitude
2. place of origin; source
3. a way of sword using

Adjective

आकर • (ākar)

1. best, excellent

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “आकर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आकर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “आकर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Etymology 2

Verb

आकर • (ākar)

1. conjunctive form of आना (ānā)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• আকৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬓᬭ (Balinese script)
• আকর (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰎𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀓𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• အာကရ (Burmese script)
• આકર (Gujarati script)
• ਆਕਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌕𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦏꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂍𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಕರ (Kannada script)
• អាករ (Khmer script)
• ອາກຣ (Lao script)
• ആകര (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘎𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢉᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦮𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐎𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଆକର (Odia script)
• ꢃꢒꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆑𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖎𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ආකර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩜𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚊𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஆகர (Tamil script)
• ఆకర (Telugu script)
• อากร (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཀ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒏𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨋𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kɐ.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

आकर • (ākara) stem, m

1. one who scatters, i.e. distributes abundantly
2. accumulation, plenty, multitude
3. a mine; a rich source
4. place of origin, origin
5. best, excellent

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आकर

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आकरः (ākaraḥ)	आकरौ (ākarau) आकरा¹ (ākarā¹)	आकराः (ākarāḥ) आकरासः¹ (ākarāsaḥ¹)
vocative	आकर (ākara)	आकरौ (ākarau) आकरा¹ (ākarā¹)	आकराः (ākarāḥ) आकरासः¹ (ākarāsaḥ¹)
accusative	आकरम् (ākaram)	आकरौ (ākarau) आकरा¹ (ākarā¹)	आकरान् (ākarān)
instrumental	आकरेण (ākareṇa)	आकराभ्याम् (ākarābhyām)	आकरैः (ākaraiḥ) आकरेभिः¹ (ākarebhiḥ¹)
dative	आकराय (ākarāya)	आकराभ्याम् (ākarābhyām)	आकरेभ्यः (ākarebhyaḥ)
ablative	आकरात् (ākarāt)	आकराभ्याम् (ākarābhyām)	आकरेभ्यः (ākarebhyaḥ)
genitive	आकरस्य (ākarasya)	आकरयोः (ākarayoḥ)	आकराणाम् (ākarāṇām)
locative	आकरे (ākare)	आकरयोः (ākarayoḥ)	आकरेषु (ākareṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: आकर (ākar)
• Pali: ākara
  • → Khmer: អាករ (ʼaakɑɑ)
  • → Lao: ອາກອນ (ʼā kǭn)
  • → Thai: อากร (aa-gɔɔn, “group; origin”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आकर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0127, column 3.