झकार

Sanskrit

Etymology

झ (jha, the letter) +‎ कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

झकार • (jhakāra) stem, m

1. The name of the Devanagari letter झ (jha).
2. the sound of the झ letter, /d͡ʑʱɐ/

Inflection

Masculine a-stem declension of झकार
Nom. sg.	झकारः (jhakāraḥ)
Gen. sg.	झकारस्य (jhakārasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	झकारः (jhakāraḥ)	झकारौ (jhakārau)	झकाराः (jhakārāḥ)
Vocative	झकार (jhakāra)	झकारौ (jhakārau)	झकाराः (jhakārāḥ)
Accusative	झकारम् (jhakāram)	झकारौ (jhakārau)	झकारान् (jhakārān)
Instrumental	झकारेन (jhakārena)	झकाराभ्याम् (jhakārābhyām)	झकारैः (jhakāraiḥ)
Dative	झकाराय (jhakārāya)	झकाराभ्याम् (jhakārābhyām)	झकारेभ्यः (jhakārebhyaḥ)
Ablative	झकारात् (jhakārāt)	झकाराभ्याम् (jhakārābhyām)	झकारेभ्यः (jhakārebhyaḥ)
Genitive	झकारस्य (jhakārasya)	झकारयोः (jhakārayoḥ)	झकारानाम् (jhakārānām)
Locative	झकारे (jhakāre)	झकारयोः (jhakārayoḥ)	झकारेषु (jhakāreṣu)

Hypernyms

• तालव्य (tālavya, “palatal”)
• महाप्राण (mahāprāṇa, “aspirated”)

Coordinate terms

palatal letters and sounds

• चकार (cakāra)
• छकार (chakāra)
• जकार (jakāra)
• ञकार (ñakāra)
• यकार (yakāra)
• शकार (śakāra)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “झकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0428.