वकार

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

वकार m

  1. Devanagari script form of vakāra (“the letter 'v'”)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar], page 11; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      ओकारुकारानं अन्‍तभूतानं सरे परे क्वचि वकारादेसो होति।
      Okārukārānaṃ antabhūtānaṃ sare pare kvaci vakārādeso hoti.
      Final 'o' and 'u' are sometimes changed to 'v' before another vowel.

Declension

Sanskrit

Etymology

(va, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).

Pronunciation

Noun

वकार • (vakāra) stem, m

  1. The name of the Devanagari letter (va).
  2. the sound of the letter, /ʋɐ/

Inflection

Masculine a-stem declension of वकार
Nom. sg. वकारः (vakāraḥ)
Gen. sg. वकारस्य (vakārasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative वकारः (vakāraḥ) वकारौ (vakārau) वकाराः (vakārāḥ)
Vocative वकार (vakāra) वकारौ (vakārau) वकाराः (vakārāḥ)
Accusative वकारम् (vakāram) वकारौ (vakārau) वकारान् (vakārān)
Instrumental वकारेन (vakārena) वकाराभ्याम् (vakārābhyām) वकारैः (vakāraiḥ)
Dative वकाराय (vakārāya) वकाराभ्याम् (vakārābhyām) वकारेभ्यः (vakārebhyaḥ)
Ablative वकारात् (vakārāt) वकाराभ्याम् (vakārābhyām) वकारेभ्यः (vakārebhyaḥ)
Genitive वकारस्य (vakārasya) वकारयोः (vakārayoḥ) वकारानाम् (vakārānām)
Locative वकारे (vakāre) वकारयोः (vakārayoḥ) वकारेषु (vakāreṣu)

References

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