ङकार
Sanskrit
Etymology
ङ (ṅa, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation
Noun
ङकार • (ṅakāra) m
- The name of the Devanagari letter ङ (ṅa).
- The sound of the ङ letter, /ŋɐ/
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem declension of ङकार | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | ङकारः (ṅakāraḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | ङकारस्य (ṅakārasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ङकारः (ṅakāraḥ) | ङकारौ (ṅakārau) | ङकाराः (ṅakārāḥ) |
| Vocative | ङकार (ṅakāra) | ङकारौ (ṅakārau) | ङकाराः (ṅakārāḥ) |
| Accusative | ङकारम् (ṅakāram) | ङकारौ (ṅakārau) | ङकारान् (ṅakārān) |
| Instrumental | ङकारेन (ṅakārena) | ङकाराभ्याम् (ṅakārābhyām) | ङकारैः (ṅakāraiḥ) |
| Dative | ङकाराय (ṅakārāya) | ङकाराभ्याम् (ṅakārābhyām) | ङकारेभ्यः (ṅakārebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | ङकारात् (ṅakārāt) | ङकाराभ्याम् (ṅakārābhyām) | ङकारेभ्यः (ṅakārebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | ङकारस्य (ṅakārasya) | ङकारयोः (ṅakārayoḥ) | ङकारानाम् (ṅakārānām) |
| Locative | ङकारे (ṅakāre) | ङकारयोः (ṅakārayoḥ) | ङकारेषु (ṅakāreṣu) |
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0380
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