सरकार

See also: सुराकार and सरकारी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سرکار (sarkār). Compare Punjabi ਸਰਕਾਰ (sarkār) / سَرکار (sarkār), Gujarati સરકાર (sarkār), Marathi सरकार (sarkār), Bengali সরকার (śorkar), Nepali सरकार (sarkār).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /səɾ.kɑːɾ/, [sɐɾ.käːɾ]

Noun

सरकार • (sarkār) f (Urdu spelling سَرْکَار)

1. (uncountable) government

   मैं सरकार के लिए काम करता हूँ।

   ma͠i sarkār ke lie kām kartā hū̃.

   I work for the government

2. (countable) the government of a nation

   आज, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका की सरकार ने एक आधिकारिक बयान दिया।

   āj, sañyukt rājya amerikā kī sarkār ne ek ādhikārik bayān diyā.

   Today, the United States of America's government issued an official statement.

Declension

Declension of सरकार (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सरकार sarkār	सरकारें sarkārẽ
oblique	सरकार sarkār	सरकारों sarkārõ
vocative	सरकार sarkār	सरकारो sarkāro

Synonyms

• शासन (śāsan)
• हुकूमत (hukūmat)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सरकार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سرکار (sarkār). Compare Gujarati સરકાર (sarkār), Hindustani سَرْکَار (sarkār) / सरकार (sarkār), Nepali सरकार (sarkār), Punjabi ਸਰਕਾਰ (sarkār) / سَرکار (sarkār), Bengali সরকার (śorkar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səɾ.kaɾ/

Noun

सरकार • (sarkār) n

1. (uncountable, countable) government

   Synonym: शासन (śāsan)

Declension

Declension of सरकार (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	सरकार sarkār
direct plural	सरकारे, सरकारं sarkāre, sarkāra
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	सरकार sarkār		सरकारे, सरकारं sarkāre, sarkāra
oblique सामान्यरूप	सरकारा sarkārā		सरकारां- sarkārān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	सरकाराला sarkārālā		सरकारांना sarkārānnā
ergative	सरकाराने, सरकारानं sarkārāne, sarkārāna		सरकारांनी sarkārānnī
instrumental	सरकाराशी sarkārāśī		सरकारांशी sarkārānśī
locative सप्तमी	सरकारात sarkārāt		सरकारांत sarkārāt
vocative संबोधन	सरकारा sarkārā		सरकारांनो sarkārānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of सरकार (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	सरकाराचा sarkārāċā	सरकाराचे sarkārāċe	सरकाराची sarkārācī	सरकाराच्या sarkārācā	सरकाराचे, सरकाराचं sarkārāċe, sarkārāċa	सरकाराची sarkārācī	सरकाराच्या sarkārācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	सरकारांचा sarkārānċā	सरकारांचे sarkārānċe	सरकारांची sarkārāñcī	सरकारांच्या sarkārāncā	सरकारांचे, सरकारांचं sarkārānċe, sarkārānċa	सरकारांची sarkārāñcī	सरकारांच्या sarkārāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• सरकारी (sarkārī, “governmental”, adjective)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “सरकार”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “सरकार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “सरकार”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سرکار (sarkār). Comare Gujarati સરકાર (sarkār), Hindustani سَرْکَار (sarkār) / सरकार (sarkār), Marathi सरकार (sarkār), Punjabi ਸਰਕਾਰ (sarkār) / سَرکار (sarkār), Bengali সরকার (śorkar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʌrkär]
• Phonetic Devanagari: सरकार्

Noun

सरकार • (sarkār)

1. government