जकार
Sanskrit edit
Etymology edit
ज (ja, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
जकार • (jakāra) stem, m
- The name of the Devanagari letter ज (ja).
- the sound of the ज letter, /d͡ʑɐ/
Inflection edit
| Masculine a-stem declension of जकार | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | जकारः (jakāraḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | जकारस्य (jakārasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | जकारः (jakāraḥ) | जकारौ (jakārau) | जकाराः (jakārāḥ) |
| Vocative | जकार (jakāra) | जकारौ (jakārau) | जकाराः (jakārāḥ) |
| Accusative | जकारम् (jakāram) | जकारौ (jakārau) | जकारान् (jakārān) |
| Instrumental | जकारेन (jakārena) | जकाराभ्याम् (jakārābhyām) | जकारैः (jakāraiḥ) |
| Dative | जकाराय (jakārāya) | जकाराभ्याम् (jakārābhyām) | जकारेभ्यः (jakārebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | जकारात् (jakārāt) | जकाराभ्याम् (jakārābhyām) | जकारेभ्यः (jakārebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | जकारस्य (jakārasya) | जकारयोः (jakārayoḥ) | जकारानाम् (jakārānām) |
| Locative | जकारे (jakāre) | जकारयोः (jakārayoḥ) | जकारेषु (jakāreṣu) |
Hypernyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
palatal letters and sounds
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “जकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0407.