मकारो

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• makāro (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀓𑀸𑀭𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• মকারো (Bengali script)
• මකාරො (Sinhalese script)
• မကာရော or မၵႃရေႃ (Burmese script)
• มกาโร or มะกาโร (Thai script)
• ᨾᨠᩣᩁᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ມກາໂຣ or ມະກາໂຣ (Lao script)
• មការោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄇𑄂𑄢𑄮 (Chakma script)

Noun

मकारो m

1. Devanagari script form of makāro, which is nominative singular of मकार (makāra, “the letter 'm'”)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1] (overall work in Pali), page 285; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     गमु इच्चेदस्स धातुस्स अन्तो मकारो च्छो होति वा सब्बासु पच्चयविभत्तीसु।

     Gamu[ ]iccetassa dhātussa anto makāro ccho hoti vā sabbāsu paccayavibhattīsu.

     The final m of the root gamu is optionally changed into cch, if any suffix or verbal termination follows: