उकार
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- ukāra (Latin script)
- 𑀉𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- উকার (Bengali script)
- උකාර (Sinhalese script)
- ဥကာရ (Burmese script)
- อุการ or อุการะ (Thai script)
- ᩏᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
- ອຸກາຣ or ອຸກາຣະ (Lao script)
- ឧការ (Khmer script)
Etymology
Possibly from Sanskrit उकार (ukāra); synchronically analysable as translingual උ (the letter) + kāra (term designating a letter or sound) etc.
Noun
उकार m
- Devanagari script form of ukāra (“the letter 'u'”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (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 "उकार" (masculine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | उकारो | उकारा |
| Accusative (second) | उकारं | उकारे |
| Instrumental (third) | उकारेन | उकारेहि or उकारेभि |
| Dative (fourth) | उकारस्स or उकाराय or उकारत्थं | उकारानं |
| Ablative (fifth) | उकारस्मा or उकारम्हा or उकारा | उकारेहि or उकारेभि |
| Genitive (sixth) | उकारस्स | उकारानं |
| Locative (seventh) | उकारस्मिं or उकारम्हि or उकारे | उकारेसु |
| Vocative (calling) | उकार | उकारा |