चकार
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- cakāra (Latin script)
- 𑀘𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi 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)
Noun
चकार m
- Devanagari script form of cakāra (“the letter 'c'”)
- 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:
- 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.
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Declension
Declension table of "चकार" (masculine)
Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | चकारो (cakāro) | चकारा (cakārā) |
Accusative (second) | चकारं (cakāraṃ) | चकारे (cakāre) |
Instrumental (third) | चकारेन (cakārena) | चकारेहि (cakārehi) or चकारेभि (cakārebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | चकारस्स (cakārassa) or चकाराय (cakārāya) or चकारत्थं (cakāratthaṃ) | चकारानं (cakārānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | चकारस्मा (cakārasmā) or चकारम्हा (cakāramhā) or चकारा (cakārā) | चकारेहि (cakārehi) or चकारेभि (cakārebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | चकारस्स (cakārassa) | चकारानं (cakārānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | चकारस्मिं (cakārasmiṃ) or चकारम्हि (cakāramhi) or चकारे (cakāre) | चकारेसु (cakāresu) |
Vocative (calling) | चकार (cakāra) | चकारा (cakārā) |
Sanskrit
Etymology 1
च (ca, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐˈkɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
चकार • (cakāra) m
- The name of the Devanagari letter च (ca).
- the sound of the च letter, /t͡ɕɐ/
Inflection
Masculine a-stem declension of चकार | |||
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Nom. sg. | चकारः (cakāraḥ) | ||
Gen. sg. | चकारस्य (cakārasya) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | चकारः (cakāraḥ) | चकारौ (cakārau) | चकाराः (cakārāḥ) |
Vocative | चकार (cakāra) | चकारौ (cakārau) | चकाराः (cakārāḥ) |
Accusative | चकारम् (cakāram) | चकारौ (cakārau) | चकारान् (cakārān) |
Instrumental | चकारेन (cakārena) | चकाराभ्याम् (cakārābhyām) | चकारैः (cakāraiḥ) |
Dative | चकाराय (cakārāya) | चकाराभ्याम् (cakārābhyām) | चकारेभ्यः (cakārebhyaḥ) |
Ablative | चकारात् (cakārāt) | चकाराभ्याम् (cakārābhyām) | चकारेभ्यः (cakārebhyaḥ) |
Genitive | चकारस्य (cakārasya) | चकारयोः (cakārayoḥ) | चकारानाम् (cakārānām) |
Locative | चकारे (cakāre) | चकारयोः (cakārayoḥ) | चकारेषु (cakāreṣu) |
Hypernyms
- तालव्य (tālavya, “palatal”)
- अल्पप्राण (alpaprāṇa, “unaspirated”)
Coordinate terms
palatal letters and sounds
- छकार (chakāra)
- जकार (jakāra)
- झकार (jhakāra)
- ञकार (ñakāra)
- यकार (yakāra)
- शकार (śakāra)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “चकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0380.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐ.kɑ́ː.ɾɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐˈkɑː.ɾɐ/
Verb
चकार • (cakā́ra)
- third-person singular perfect active indicative of कृ (√kṛ)