मकार
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- makāra (Latin script)
- 𑀫𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- মকার (Bengali script)
- මකාර (Sinhalese script)
- မကာရ (Burmese script)
- มการ or มะการะ (Thai script)
- ᨾᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
- ມກາຣ or ມະກາຣະ (Lao script)
- មការ (Khmer script)
Noun
मकार m
- Devanagari script form of makāra (“the letter 'm'”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (in Pali), page 4; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- तेसं खो व्यञ्जनानं ककारादयो मकारन्ता पञ्चपञ्चसो अक्खरवन्तो वग्गा नाम होन्ति।
- Tesaṃ kho vyañjanānaṃ kakārādayo makārantā pañcapañcaso akkharavanto vaggā nāma honti.
- From 'k' to 'm' of these very consonants are five by five divisions (called such) of consonants.
Declension
Declension table of "मकार" (masculine)
Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | मकारो | मकारा |
Accusative (second) | मकारं | मकारे |
Instrumental (third) | मकारेन | मकारेहि or मकारेभि |
Dative (fourth) | मकारस्स or मकाराय or मकारत्थं | मकारानं |
Ablative (fifth) | मकारस्मा or मकारम्हा or मकारा | मकारेहि or मकारेभि |
Genitive (sixth) | मकारस्स | मकारानं |
Locative (seventh) | मकारस्मिं or मकारम्हि or मकारे | मकारेसु |
Vocative (calling) | मकार | मकारा |