ङकार

Sanskrit

Etymology

ङ (ṅa, the letter) +‎ कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ŋɐˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

ङकार • (ṅakāra) stem, m

1. The name of the Devanagari letter ङ (ṅa).
2. the sound of the ङ letter, /ŋɐ/

Inflection

Masculine a-stem declension of ङकार
Nom. sg.	ङकारः (ṅakāraḥ)
Gen. sg.	ङकारस्य (ṅakārasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ङकारः (ṅakāraḥ)	ङकारौ (ṅakārau)	ङकाराः (ṅakārāḥ)
Vocative	ङकार (ṅakāra)	ङकारौ (ṅakārau)	ङकाराः (ṅakārāḥ)
Accusative	ङकारम् (ṅakāram)	ङकारौ (ṅakārau)	ङकारान् (ṅakārān)
Instrumental	ङकारेन (ṅakārena)	ङकाराभ्याम् (ṅakārābhyām)	ङकारैः (ṅakāraiḥ)
Dative	ङकाराय (ṅakārāya)	ङकाराभ्याम् (ṅakārābhyām)	ङकारेभ्यः (ṅakārebhyaḥ)
Ablative	ङकारात् (ṅakārāt)	ङकाराभ्याम् (ṅakārābhyām)	ङकारेभ्यः (ṅakārebhyaḥ)
Genitive	ङकारस्य (ṅakārasya)	ङकारयोः (ṅakārayoḥ)	ङकारानाम् (ṅakārānām)
Locative	ङकारे (ṅakāre)	ङकारयोः (ṅakārayoḥ)	ङकारेषु (ṅakāreṣu)

Hypernyms

• अनुनासिक (anunāsika, “nasal”)
• अल्पप्राण (alpaprāṇa, “unaspirated”)
• कण्ठ्य (kaṇṭhya, “guttural”)

Coordinate terms

guttural letters and sounds

• ककार (kakāra)
• खकार (khakāra)
• गकार (gakāra)
• घकार (ghakāra)
• हकार (hakāra)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ङकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0380.