गकार
Sanskrit
Etymology
ग (ga, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡɐˈkɑː.ɽɐ/
Noun
गकार • (gakāra) m
- The name of the Devanagari letter ग (ga).
- The sound of the ग letter, /ɡɐ/
Inflection
Masculine a-stem declension of गकार | |||
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Nom. sg. | गकारः (gakāraḥ) | ||
Gen. sg. | गकारस्य (gakārasya) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | गकारः (gakāraḥ) | गकारौ (gakārau) | गकाराः (gakārāḥ) |
Vocative | गकार (gakāra) | गकारौ (gakārau) | गकाराः (gakārāḥ) |
Accusative | गकारम् (gakāram) | गकारौ (gakārau) | गकारान् (gakārān) |
Instrumental | गकारेन (gakārena) | गकाराभ्याम् (gakārābhyām) | गकारैः (gakāraiḥ) |
Dative | गकाराय (gakārāya) | गकाराभ्याम् (gakārābhyām) | गकारेभ्यः (gakārebhyaḥ) |
Ablative | गकारात् (gakārāt) | गकाराभ्याम् (gakārābhyām) | गकारेभ्यः (gakārebhyaḥ) |
Genitive | गकारस्य (gakārasya) | गकारयोः (gakārayoḥ) | गकारानाम् (gakārānām) |
Locative | गकारे (gakāre) | गकारयोः (gakārayoḥ) | गकारेषु (gakāreṣu) |
Hypernyms
- कण्ठ्य (kaṇṭhya, “guttural”)
- अल्पप्राण (alpaprāṇa, “unaspirated”)
Coordinate terms
guttural letters and sounds
- ककार (kakāra)
- खकार (khakāra)
- घकार (ghakāra)
- ङकार (ṅakāra)
- हकार (hakāra)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “गकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0341.