षकार
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬱᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
- ষকাৰ (Assamese script)
- ষকার (Bengali script)
- 𑰬𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀱𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌷𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ષકાર (Gujarati script)
- ꦰꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
- ಷಕಾರ (Kannada script)
- ၑကာရ (Burmese script)
- 𑐲𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଷକାର (Oriya script)
- ꢰꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆰𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖬𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
- షకార (Telugu script)
- ཥཀཱར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒭𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From ष (ṣa) + कार (kāra).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʂɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ʂɐˈkɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
षकार • (ṣakāra) m
- the letter or sound ष
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of षकार (ṣakāra) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | षकारः ṣakāraḥ | षकारौ ṣakārau | षकाराः / षकारासः¹ ṣakārāḥ / ṣakārāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | षकार ṣakāra | षकारौ ṣakārau | षकाराः / षकारासः¹ ṣakārāḥ / ṣakārāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | षकारम् ṣakāram | षकारौ ṣakārau | षकारान् ṣakārān |
| Instrumental | षकारेण ṣakāreṇa | षकाराभ्याम् ṣakārābhyām | षकारैः / षकारेभिः¹ ṣakāraiḥ / ṣakārebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | षकाराय ṣakārāya | षकाराभ्याम् ṣakārābhyām | षकारेभ्यः ṣakārebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | षकारात् ṣakārāt | षकाराभ्याम् ṣakārābhyām | षकारेभ्यः ṣakārebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | षकारस्य ṣakārasya | षकारयोः ṣakārayoḥ | षकाराणाम् ṣakārāṇām |
| Locative | षकारे ṣakāre | षकारयोः ṣakārayoḥ | षकारेषु ṣakāreṣu |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899) , “षकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1107.