vakāra

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• वकार (Devanagari 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)

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit वकार (vakāra). By surface analysis, translingual ව (the letter) +‎ kāra (term designating a letter or sound) etc.

Noun

vakāra m

1. 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

Declension table of "vakāra" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vakāro	vakārā
Accusative (second)	vakāraṃ	vakāre
Instrumental (third)	vakārena	vakārehi or vakārebhi
Dative (fourth)	vakārassa or vakārāya or vakāratthaṃ	vakārānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vakārasmā or vakāramhā or vakārā	vakārehi or vakārebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vakārassa	vakārānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vakārasmiṃ or vakāramhi or vakāre	vakāresu
Vocative (calling)	vakāra	vakārā

Synonyms

• va (“letter 'v'”)