आगार

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आगार (āgāra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɡɑːɾ/, [äː.ɡäːɾ]

Noun

आगार • (āgār) m (Urdu spelling آگار)

1. dwelling, house
2. building or premises devoted to a particular purpose
3. hall, chamber
4. receptacle, store
5. treasury

Declension

Declension of आगार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आगार āgār	आगार āgār
oblique	आगार āgār	आगारों āgārõ
vocative	आगार āgār	आगारो āgāro

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आगार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “आगार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• अगार (agāra)
• आगर (āgara)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আগাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬕᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• আগার (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰐𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀕𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• အာဂါရ (Burmese script)
• આગાર (Gujarati script)
• ਆਗਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌗𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦒꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂏𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಗಾರ (Kannada script)
• អាគារ (Khmer script)
• ອາຄາຣ (Lao script)
• ആഗാര (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘐𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠺᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦰𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐐𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଆଗାର (Odia script)
• ꢃꢔꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆓𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖐𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ආගාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩞𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚌𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஆக³ார (Tamil script)
• ఆగార (Telugu script)
• อาคาร (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་གཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒑𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨍𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. आगार (āgāra) was probably the original form, while अगार (agāra) was secondary. Has been taken to be from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to gather”); compare ग्राम (grāma, “village”), Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́, “assembly, market”)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɡɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈɡɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

आगार • (āgāra) stem, n

1. apartment, house, dwelling

   Synonyms: गृह (gṛha), शाला (śālā), आलय (ālaya)

2. a particular high number

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of आगार

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आगारम् (āgāram)	आगारे (āgāre)	आगाराणि (āgārāṇi) आगारा¹ (āgārā¹)
vocative	आगार (āgāra)	आगारे (āgāre)	आगाराणि (āgārāṇi) आगारा¹ (āgārā¹)
accusative	आगारम् (āgāram)	आगारे (āgāre)	आगाराणि (āgārāṇi) आगारा¹ (āgārā¹)
instrumental	आगारेण (āgāreṇa)	आगाराभ्याम् (āgārābhyām)	आगारैः (āgāraiḥ) आगारेभिः¹ (āgārebhiḥ¹)
dative	आगाराय (āgārāya)	आगाराभ्याम् (āgārābhyām)	आगारेभ्यः (āgārebhyaḥ)
ablative	आगारात् (āgārāt)	आगाराभ्याम् (āgārābhyām)	आगारेभ्यः (āgārebhyaḥ)
genitive	आगारस्य (āgārasya)	आगारयोः (āgārayoḥ)	आगाराणाम् (āgārāṇām)
locative	आगारे (āgāre)	आगारयोः (āgārayoḥ)	आगारेषु (āgāreṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आगार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 130.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 159