वकार
Appearance
Pali
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Noun
[edit]वकार m
- 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.
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "वकार" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]व (va, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɐˈkɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
[edit]वकार • (vakāra) stem, m
- The name of the Devanagari letter व (va).
- the sound of the व letter, /ʋɐ/
Inflection
[edit]Masculine a-stem declension of वकार | |||
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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
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “वकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0910.
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