यकार
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- yakāra (Latin script)
- 𑀬𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- যকার (Bengali script)
- යකාර (Sinhalese script)
- ယကာရ or ယၵႃရ (Burmese script)
- ยการ or ยะการะ (Thai script)
- ᨿᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
- ຍກາຣ or ຍະກາຣະ or ຢະກາຣະ (Lao script)
- យការ (Khmer script)
- 𑄠𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)
Noun
यकार m
- Devanagari script form of yakāra (“the letter 'y'”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (in Pali), page 10; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- एकारस्स अन्तभूतस्स सरे परे क्वचि यकारादेसो होति।
- Ekārassa antabhūtassa sare pare kvaci yakārādeso hoti.
- The final 'e' next to another vowel is sometimes changed into 'y'.
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Declension
Declension table of "यकार" (masculine)
Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | यकारो (yakāro) | यकारा (yakārā) |
Accusative (second) | यकारं (yakāraṃ) | यकारे (yakāre) |
Instrumental (third) | यकारेन (yakārena) | यकारेहि (yakārehi) or यकारेभि (yakārebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | यकारस्स (yakārassa) or यकाराय (yakārāya) or यकारत्थं (yakāratthaṃ) | यकारानं (yakārānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | यकारस्मा (yakārasmā) or यकारम्हा (yakāramhā) or यकारा (yakārā) | यकारेहि (yakārehi) or यकारेभि (yakārebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | यकारस्स (yakārassa) | यकारानं (yakārānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | यकारस्मिं (yakārasmiṃ) or यकारम्हि (yakāramhi) or यकारे (yakāre) | यकारेसु (yakāresu) |
Vocative (calling) | यकार (yakāra) | यकारा (yakārā) |
Sanskrit
Etymology
य (ya, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /jɐˈkɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
यकार • (yakāra) m
- The name of the Devanagari letter य (ya).
- the sound of the य letter, /jɐ/
Inflection
Masculine a-stem declension of यकार | |||
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Nom. sg. | यकारः (yakāraḥ) | ||
Gen. sg. | यकारस्य (yakārasya) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | यकारः (yakāraḥ) | यकारौ (yakārau) | यकाराः (yakārāḥ) |
Vocative | यकार (yakāra) | यकारौ (yakārau) | यकाराः (yakārāḥ) |
Accusative | यकारम् (yakāram) | यकारौ (yakārau) | यकारान् (yakārān) |
Instrumental | यकारेन (yakārena) | यकाराभ्याम् (yakārābhyām) | यकारैः (yakāraiḥ) |
Dative | यकाराय (yakārāya) | यकाराभ्याम् (yakārābhyām) | यकारेभ्यः (yakārebhyaḥ) |
Ablative | यकारात् (yakārāt) | यकाराभ्याम् (yakārābhyām) | यकारेभ्यः (yakārebhyaḥ) |
Genitive | यकारस्य (yakārasya) | यकारयोः (yakārayoḥ) | यकारानाम् (yakārānām) |
Locative | यकारे (yakāre) | यकारयोः (yakārayoḥ) | यकारेषु (yakāreṣu) |
Hypernyms
- ऊष्मन् (ūṣman, “fricative”)
- तालव्य (tālavya, “palatal”)
- महाप्राण (mahāprāṇa, “aspirated”)
Coordinate terms
palatal letters and sounds
- चकार (cakāra)
- छकार (chakāra)
- जकार (jakāra)
- झकार (jhakāra)
- ञकार (ñakāra)
- शकार (śakāra)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “यकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0838.