यकार

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• yakāra (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• যকার (Bengali script)
• යකාර (Sinhalese script)
• ယကာရ or ယၵႃရ (Burmese script)
• ยการ or ยะการะ (Thai script)
• ᨿᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍກາຣ or ຍະກາຣະ or ຢະກາຣະ (Lao script)
• យការ (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

यकार m

1. Devanagari script form of yakāra (“the letter 'y'”)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ‎^[1], page 10; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     एकारस्स अन्तभूतस्स सरे परे क्वचि यकारादेसो होति।

     Ekārassa antabhūtassa sare pare kvaci yakārādeso hoti.

     The final 'e' next to another vowel is sometimes changed into 'y'.

Declension

Declension table of "यकार" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	यकारो (yakāro)	यकारा (yakārā)
Accusative (second)	यकारं (yakāraṃ)	यकारे (yakāre)
Instrumental (third)	यकारेन (yakārena)	यकारेहि (yakārehi) or यकारेभि (yakārebhi)
Dative (fourth)	यकारस्स (yakārassa) or यकाराय (yakārāya) or यकारत्थं (yakāratthaṃ)	यकारानं (yakārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	यकारस्मा (yakārasmā) or यकारम्हा (yakāramhā) or यकारा (yakārā)	यकारेहि (yakārehi) or यकारेभि (yakārebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	यकारस्स (yakārassa)	यकारानं (yakārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	यकारस्मिं (yakārasmiṃ) or यकारम्हि (yakāramhi) or यकारे (yakāre)	यकारेसु (yakāresu)
Vocative (calling)	यकार (yakāra)	यकारा (yakārā)

Sanskrit

Etymology

य (ya, the letter) +‎ कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

यकार • (yakāra) stem, m

1. The name of the Devanagari letter य (ya).
2. the sound of the य letter, /jɐ/

Inflection

Masculine a-stem declension of यकार
Nom. sg.	यकारः (yakāraḥ)
Gen. sg.	यकारस्य (yakārasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यकारः (yakāraḥ)	यकारौ (yakārau)	यकाराः (yakārāḥ)
Vocative	यकार (yakāra)	यकारौ (yakārau)	यकाराः (yakārāḥ)
Accusative	यकारम् (yakāram)	यकारौ (yakārau)	यकारान् (yakārān)
Instrumental	यकारेन (yakārena)	यकाराभ्याम् (yakārābhyām)	यकारैः (yakāraiḥ)
Dative	यकाराय (yakārāya)	यकाराभ्याम् (yakārābhyām)	यकारेभ्यः (yakārebhyaḥ)
Ablative	यकारात् (yakārāt)	यकाराभ्याम् (yakārābhyām)	यकारेभ्यः (yakārebhyaḥ)
Genitive	यकारस्य (yakārasya)	यकारयोः (yakārayoḥ)	यकारानाम् (yakārānām)
Locative	यकारे (yakāre)	यकारयोः (yakārayoḥ)	यकारेषु (yakāreṣu)

Hypernyms

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

Coordinate terms

palatal letters and sounds

• चकार (cakāra)
• छकार (chakāra)
• जकार (jakāra)
• झकार (jhakāra)
• ञकार (ñakāra)
• शकार (śakāra)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “यकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0838.