शकार
Sanskrit
Etymology
श (śa, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɕɐˈkɑː.ɽɐ/
Noun
शकार • (śakāra) m
- The name of the Devanagari letter श (śa).
- The sound of the श letter, /ɕɐ/
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem declension of शकार | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | शकारः (śakāraḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | शकारस्य (śakārasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | शकारः (śakāraḥ) | शकारौ (śakārau) | शकाराः (śakārāḥ) |
| Vocative | शकार (śakāra) | शकारौ (śakārau) | शकाराः (śakārāḥ) |
| Accusative | शकारम् (śakāram) | शकारौ (śakārau) | शकारान् (śakārān) |
| Instrumental | शकारेन (śakārena) | शकाराभ्याम् (śakārābhyām) | शकारैः (śakāraiḥ) |
| Dative | शकाराय (śakārāya) | शकाराभ्याम् (śakārābhyām) | शकारेभ्यः (śakārebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | शकारात् (śakārāt) | शकाराभ्याम् (śakārābhyām) | शकारेभ्यः (śakārebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | शकारस्य (śakārasya) | शकारयोः (śakārayoḥ) | शकारानाम् (śakārānām) |
| Locative | शकारे (śakāre) | शकारयोः (śakārayoḥ) | शकारेषु (śakāreṣu) |
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)
- यकार (yakāra)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “शकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1043.