वकार

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vakāra (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ৰকার (Bengali script)
• වකාර (Sinhalese script)
• ဝကာရ or ဝၵႃရ (Burmese script)
• วการ or วะการะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ວກາຣ or ວະກາຣະ (Lao script)
• វការ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

वकार m

1. Devanagari script form of vakāra (“the letter 'v'”)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1] (overall work in Pali), page 11; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     ओकारुकारानं अन्‍तभूतानं सरे परे क्वचि वकारादेसो होति।

     Okārukārānaṃ antabhūtānaṃ sare pare kvaci vakārādeso hoti.

     Final 'o' and 'u' are sometimes changed to 'v' before another vowel.

   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[2] (overall work in Pali), page 291; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     वचवसवहादीनं उकारो वस्स ये ॥६॥
     वच, वस, वह इच्चेवमादीनं धातूनं वकारस्स उकारो होति य पच्चये परे । उच्चते, वुच्चति; वुस्सति; वुय्हति ॥

     6. Vacavasavahādīnaṃ ukāro vassa ye
     Vaca, vasa, vaha iccevamādīnaṃ dhātūnaṃ vakārassa ukāro hoti ya paccaye pare.Uccate, vuccate; vussati; vuyhati.

     Vac, vas, vah etc. which have 'u' for 'va'
     Roots vac, vas, vah and so on etc. have 'u' from 'va' next to the ending 'ya'.
     Exx: uccate, vuccate; vussati; vuyhati.

Declension

Declension table of "वकार" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	वकारो (vakāro)	वकारा (vakārā)
Accusative (second)	वकारं (vakāraṃ)	वकारे (vakāre)
Instrumental (third)	वकारेन (vakārena)	वकारेहि (vakārehi) or वकारेभि (vakārebhi)
Dative (fourth)	वकारस्स (vakārassa) or वकाराय (vakārāya) or वकारत्थं (vakāratthaṃ)	वकारानं (vakārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	वकारस्मा (vakārasmā) or वकारम्हा (vakāramhā) or वकारा (vakārā)	वकारेहि (vakārehi) or वकारेभि (vakārebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	वकारस्स (vakārassa)	वकारानं (vakārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	वकारस्मिं (vakārasmiṃ) or वकारम्हि (vakāramhi) or वकारे (vakāre)	वकारेसु (vakāresu)
Vocative (calling)	वकार (vakāra)	वकारा (vakārā)

Sanskrit

Etymology

व (va, the letter) +‎ कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

वकार • (vakāra) stem, m

1. The name of the Devanagari letter व (va).
2. the sound of the व letter, /ʋɐ/

Inflection

Masculine a-stem declension of वकार
Nom. sg.	वकारः (vakāraḥ)
Gen. sg.	वकारस्य (vakārasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वकारः (vakāraḥ)	वकारौ (vakārau)	वकाराः (vakārāḥ)
Vocative	वकार (vakāra)	वकारौ (vakārau)	वकाराः (vakārāḥ)
Accusative	वकारम् (vakāram)	वकारौ (vakārau)	वकारान् (vakārān)
Instrumental	वकारेन (vakārena)	वकाराभ्याम् (vakārābhyām)	वकारैः (vakāraiḥ)
Dative	वकाराय (vakārāya)	वकाराभ्याम् (vakārābhyām)	वकारेभ्यः (vakārebhyaḥ)
Ablative	वकारात् (vakārāt)	वकाराभ्याम् (vakārābhyām)	वकारेभ्यः (vakārebhyaḥ)
Genitive	वकारस्य (vakārasya)	वकारयोः (vakārayoḥ)	वकारानाम् (vakārānām)
Locative	वकारे (vakāre)	वकारयोः (vakārayoḥ)	वकारेषु (vakāreṣu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0910.