अक

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अक (áka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ək/, [ɐk]

Noun

अक • (ak) m

1. (rare, formal) a sin

   Synonyms: पाप (pāp), पातक (pātak)

Declension

Declension of अक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अक ak	अक ak
oblique	अक ak	अकों akõ
vocative	अक ak	अको ako

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অক (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬓ (Balinese script)
• অক (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• အက (Burmese script)
• અક (Gujarati script)
• ਅਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಕ (Kannada script)
• អក (Khmer script)
• ອກ (Lao script)
• അക (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଅକ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖎 (Siddham script)
• අක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚊 (Takri script)
• அக (Tamil script)
• అక (Telugu script)
• อก (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ákas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ákas (“bad”), perhaps from the BMAC substrate.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kɐ/

Noun

अक • (áka) stem, n

1. pain, unhappiness
2. sin

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of अक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अकम् (ákam)	अके (áke)	अकानि (ákāni) अका¹ (ákā¹)
accusative	अकम् (ákam)	अके (áke)	अकानि (ákāni) अका¹ (ákā¹)
instrumental	अकेन (ákena)	अकाभ्याम् (ákābhyām)	अकैः (ákaiḥ) अकेभिः¹ (ákebhiḥ¹)
dative	अकाय (ákāya)	अकाभ्याम् (ákābhyām)	अकेभ्यः (ákebhyaḥ)
ablative	अकात् (ákāt)	अकाभ्याम् (ákābhyām)	अकेभ्यः (ákebhyaḥ)
genitive	अकस्य (ákasya)	अकयोः (ákayoḥ)	अकानाम् (ákānām)
locative	अके (áke)	अकयोः (ákayoḥ)	अकेषु (ákeṣu)
vocative	अक (áka)	अके (áke)	अकानि (ákāni) अका¹ (ákā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “अक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 39