शकार

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শকাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• শকার (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ၐကာရ (Burmese script)
• શકાર (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಕಾರ (Kannada script)
• ឝការ (Khmer script)
• ຨກາຣ (Lao script)
• ശകാര (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଶକାର (Odia script)
• ꢯꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ශකාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஶகார (Tamil script)
• శకార (Telugu script)
• ศการ (Thai script)
• ཤ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

शकार • (śakāra) stem, m

1. The name of the Devanagari letter श (śa).
2. 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, page 1043.