मकार

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• makāra (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• মকার (Bengali script)
• මකාර (Sinhalese script)
• မကာရ or မၵႃရ (Burmese script)
• มการ or มะการะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ມກາຣ or ມະກາຣະ (Lao script)
• មការ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

मकार m

1. Devanagari script form of makāra (“the letter 'm'”)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1] (overall work in Pali), page 4; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     तेसं खो व्यञ्जनानं ककारादयो मकारन्ता पञ्चपञ्चसो अक्खरवन्तो वग्गा नाम होन्ति।

     Tesaṃ kho vyañjanānaṃ kakārādayo makārantā pañcapañcaso akkharavanto vaggā nāma honti.

     From 'k' to 'm' of these very consonants are five by five divisions (called such) of consonants.

Declension

Declension table of "मकार" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	मकारो (makāro)	मकारा (makārā)
Accusative (second)	मकारं (makāraṃ)	मकारे (makāre)
Instrumental (third)	मकारेन (makārena)	मकारेहि (makārehi) or मकारेभि (makārebhi)
Dative (fourth)	मकारस्स (makārassa) or मकाराय (makārāya) or मकारत्थं (makāratthaṃ)	मकारानं (makārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	मकारस्मा (makārasmā) or मकारम्हा (makāramhā) or मकारा (makārā)	मकारेहि (makārehi) or मकारेभि (makārebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	मकारस्स (makārassa)	मकारानं (makārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	मकारस्मिं (makārasmiṃ) or मकारम्हि (makāramhi) or मकारे (makāre)	मकारेसु (makāresu)
Vocative (calling)	मकार (makāra)	मकारा (makārā)