-अक

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit -अक (-aka).

Suffix

-अक • (-ak)

1. -er (one who does or makes)

Derived terms

Hindi terms suffixed with -अक

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “-अक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• -ᬅᬓ (Balinese script)
• -အက (Burmese script)
• -अक (Devanagari script)
• -ਅਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• -𑌅𑌕 (Grantha script)
• -ꦄꦏ (Javanese script)
• -𑂃𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• -អក (Khmer script)
• -ອກ (Lao script)
• -അക (Malayalam script)
• -ᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• -𑘀𑘎 (Modi script)
• -ᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• -𑦠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• -𑐀𑐎 (Newa script)
• -ଅକ (Odia script)
• -ꢂꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• -𑆃𑆑 (Sharada script)
• -𑖀𑖎 (Siddham script)
• -අක (Sinhalese script)
• -𑩐𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• -𑚀𑚊 (Takri script)
• -அக (Tamil script)
• -อก (Thai script)
• -ཨ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• -𑨀𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *-akas.

Suffix

-अक • (-aka) m

1. -er (one who does or makes)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of -अक (-aka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-अकः -akaḥ	-अकौ / -अका¹ -akau / -akā¹	-अकाः / -अकासः¹ -akāḥ / -akāsaḥ¹
Vocative	-अक -aka	-अकौ / -अका¹ -akau / -akā¹	-अकाः / -अकासः¹ -akāḥ / -akāsaḥ¹
Accusative	-अकम् -akam	-अकौ / -अका¹ -akau / -akā¹	-अकान् -akān
Instrumental	-अकेन -akena	-अकाभ्याम् -akābhyām	-अकैः / -अकेभिः¹ -akaiḥ / -akebhiḥ¹
Dative	-अकाय -akāya	-अकाभ्याम् -akābhyām	-अकेभ्यः -akebhyaḥ
Ablative	-अकात् -akāt	-अकाभ्याम् -akābhyām	-अकेभ्यः -akebhyaḥ
Genitive	-अकस्य -akasya	-अकयोः -akayoḥ	-अकानाम् -akānām
Locative	-अके -ake	-अकयोः -akayoḥ	-अकेषु -akeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अक

Descendants

• → Hindi: -अक (-ak)