स्वीकार

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit स्वीकार (svīkāra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sʋiː.kɑːɾ/, [sʋiː.käːɾ]

Noun

स्वीकार • (svīkār) m

1. acceptance (of an assignment, proposal, etc.)
   • 1999, Rambilas Sharma, Bhāratīya saṃskr̥ti aura Hindī-pradeśa, Kitabghar Prakashan, →ISBN, page 588:

     तुम किसी बात को केवल इसलिए मत स्वीकार करो कि यह बात अनुश्रुत है, केवल इसलिए मत स्वीकार करो कि यह बात परंपरागत है, केवल इसलिए मत स्वीकार करो कि यह बात इसी प्रकार कही गई है, केवल ...

     tum kisī bāt ko keval islie mat svīkār karo ki yah bāt anuśrut hai, keval islie mat svīkār karo ki yah bāt paramprāgat hai, keval islie mat svīkār karo ki yah bāt isī prakār kahī gaī hai, keval ...

     You should not accept a matter only because it is longstanding practice, do not accept it just because it is traditional, do not accept it just because it has been said in this manner […]

2. approval (of an action)
3. acknowledgement (of an action)

Declension

Declension of स्वीकार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	स्वीकार svīkār	स्वीकार svīkār
oblique	स्वीकार svīkār	स्वीकारों svīkārõ
vocative	स्वीकार svīkār	स्वीकारो svīkāro

Derived terms

• स्वीकार करना (svīkār karnā, “to accept, etc.”)
• स्वीकार्य (svīkārya, “acceptable”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্বীকাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬯᬷᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• স্বীকার (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰪𑰱𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀯𑀻𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• သွီကာရ (Burmese script)
• સ્વીકાર (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਵੀਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑍀𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦮꦷꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂫𑂲𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ವೀಕಾರ (Kannada script)
• ស្វីការ (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ວີກາຣ (Lao script)
• സ്വീകാര (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠣᠸᡳᡳᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘪𑘲𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠸᠢᠢᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧊𑧓𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐷𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ଵୀକାର (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢮꢷꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆮𑆵𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖪𑖱𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්වීකාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩾𑩑𑩛𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚦𑚯𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஸ்வீகார (Tamil script)
• స్వీకార (Telugu script)
• สฺวีการ (Thai script)
• སྭཱི་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒫𑒲𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨭𑨁𑨊𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

स्वी- (svī-, “combining form of स्व (sva, “one's own; self”)”) +‎ कार (kāra, “action, gain”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sʋiː.kɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ʋiː.kɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

स्वीकार • (svīkāra) stem, m

1. making one's own, appropriation, claiming, claim
2. reception
3. assent, agreement, consent, promise

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of स्वीकार

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	स्वीकारः (svīkāraḥ)	स्वीकारौ (svīkārau) स्वीकारा¹ (svīkārā¹)	स्वीकाराः (svīkārāḥ) स्वीकारासः¹ (svīkārāsaḥ¹)
vocative	स्वीकार (svīkāra)	स्वीकारौ (svīkārau) स्वीकारा¹ (svīkārā¹)	स्वीकाराः (svīkārāḥ) स्वीकारासः¹ (svīkārāsaḥ¹)
accusative	स्वीकारम् (svīkāram)	स्वीकारौ (svīkārau) स्वीकारा¹ (svīkārā¹)	स्वीकारान् (svīkārān)
instrumental	स्वीकारेण (svīkāreṇa)	स्वीकाराभ्याम् (svīkārābhyām)	स्वीकारैः (svīkāraiḥ) स्वीकारेभिः¹ (svīkārebhiḥ¹)
dative	स्वीकाराय (svīkārāya)	स्वीकाराभ्याम् (svīkārābhyām)	स्वीकारेभ्यः (svīkārebhyaḥ)
ablative	स्वीकारात् (svīkārāt)	स्वीकाराभ्याम् (svīkārābhyām)	स्वीकारेभ्यः (svīkārebhyaḥ)
genitive	स्वीकारस्य (svīkārasya)	स्वीकारयोः (svīkārayoḥ)	स्वीकाराणाम् (svīkārāṇām)
locative	स्वीकारे (svīkāre)	स्वीकारयोः (svīkārayoḥ)	स्वीकारेषु (svīkāreṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Old Javanese: swīkāra
  • > Javanese: ꦱ꧀ꦮꦶꦏꦫ (swikara) (inherited)
• >? Old Javanese: sikara
  • > Javanese: ꦱꦶꦏꦫ (sikara) (inherited)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्वीकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1279/1.