ञकार
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit ञकार (ñakāra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jʌ̃kär]
- Phonetic Devanagari: यँकार्
Noun
ञकार • (ñakār)
- The name of the Devanagari letter ञ (ña).
References
- “ञकार”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (Nepālī Br̥hat Śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
Sanskrit
Etymology
ञ (ña, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɲɐˈkɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
ञकार • (ñakāra) m
- The name of the Devanagari letter ञ (ña).
- the sound of the ञ letter, /ɲɐ/
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem declension of ञकार | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | ञकारः (ñakāraḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | ञकारस्य (ñakārasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ञकारः (ñakāraḥ) | ञकारौ (ñakārau) | ञकाराः (ñakārāḥ) |
| Vocative | ञकार (ñakāra) | ञकारौ (ñakārau) | ञकाराः (ñakārāḥ) |
| Accusative | ञकारम् (ñakāram) | ञकारौ (ñakārau) | ञकारान् (ñakārān) |
| Instrumental | ञकारेन (ñakārena) | ञकाराभ्याम् (ñakārābhyām) | ञकारैः (ñakāraiḥ) |
| Dative | ञकाराय (ñakārāya) | ञकाराभ्याम् (ñakārābhyām) | ञकारेभ्यः (ñakārebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | ञकारात् (ñakārāt) | ञकाराभ्याम् (ñakārābhyām) | ञकारेभ्यः (ñakārebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | ञकारस्य (ñakārasya) | ञकारयोः (ñakārayoḥ) | ञकारानाम् (ñakārānām) |
| Locative | ञकारे (ñakāre) | ञकारयोः (ñakārayoḥ) | ञकारेषु (ñakāreṣu) |
Hypernyms
- अनुनासिक (anunāsika, “nasal”)
- तालव्य (tālavya, “palatal”)
- अल्पप्राण (alpaprāṇa, “unaspirated”)
Coordinate terms
palatal letters and sounds
- चकार (cakāra)
- छकार (chakāra)
- जकार (jakāra)
- झकार (jhakāra)
- यकार (yakāra)
- शकार (śakāra)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “ञकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0429.