cakāra

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀘𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• चकार (Devanagari script)
• চকার (Bengali script)
• චකාර (Sinhalese script)
• စကာရ or ၸၵႃရ (Burmese script)
• จการ or จะการะ (Thai script)
• ᨧᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈກາຣ or ຈະກາຣະ (Lao script)
• ចការ (Khmer script)
• 𑄌𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit चकार (cakāra). By surface analysis, translingual ච (the letter) +‎ kāra (term designating a letter or sound) etc.

Noun

cakāra m

1. the letter 'c'
   • 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:

     सब्बो ति इच्चेसो सद्दो सरे परे क्वचि चकारं पप्पोति

     Sabbo ti icceso saddo sare pare kvaci cakāraṃ pappoti.

     For all 'ti', this sound sometimes becomes 'c' before another vowel.

Declension

Declension table of "cakāra" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	cakāro	cakārā
Accusative (second)	cakāraṃ	cakāre
Instrumental (third)	cakārena	cakārehi or cakārebhi
Dative (fourth)	cakārassa or cakārāya or cakāratthaṃ	cakārānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	cakārasmā or cakāramhā or cakārā	cakārehi or cakārebhi
Genitive (sixth)	cakārassa	cakārānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	cakārasmiṃ or cakāramhi or cakāre	cakāresu
Vocative (calling)	cakāra	cakārā