आकर

Hindi edit

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kəɾ/, [äː.kɐɾ]

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit आकर (ākara)

Noun edit

आकर • (ākar) m

a mine; a rich source; store, treasury; multitude
place of origin; source
a way of sword using

Adjective edit

आकर • (ākar)

best, excellent

References edit

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “आकर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आकर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884) “आकर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

आकर • (ākar)

conjunctive form of आना (ānā)

Sanskrit edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative scripts

আকৰ (Assamese script)
ᬆᬓᬭ (Balinese script)
আকর (Bengali script)
𑰁𑰎𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀆𑀓𑀭 (Brahmi script)
အာကရ (Burmese script)
આકર (Gujarati script)
ਆਕਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌆𑌕𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦴꦏꦫ (Javanese script)
𑂄𑂍𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಆಕರ (Kannada script)
អាករ (Khmer script)
ອາກຣ (Lao script)
ആകര (Malayalam script)
ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘁𑘎𑘨 (Modi script)
ᠠᢗᢉᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦡𑦮𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐁𑐎𑐬 (Newa script)
ଆକର (Odia script)
ꢃꢒꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆄𑆑𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖁𑖎𑖨 (Siddham script)
ආකර (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩛𑩜𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚁𑚊𑚤 (Takri script)
ஆகர (Tamil script)
ఆకర (Telugu script)
อากร (Thai script)
ཨཱ་ཀ་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒂𑒏𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨊𑨋𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “आ- (ā-, “ad-”) +‎ कॄ (kṝ, “to scatter”); see किरति (kirati, “to strew”) for more on the root.”

Pronunciation edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kɐ.ɾɐ́/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.kɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun edit

आकर • (ākara) stem, m

one who scatters, i.e. distributes abundantly
accumulation, plenty, multitude
a mine; a rich source
place of origin, origin
best, excellent

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of आकर (ākara)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आकरः ākaraḥ	आकरौ / आकरा¹ ākarau / ākarā¹	आकराः / आकरासः¹ ākarāḥ / ākarāsaḥ¹
Vocative	आकर ākara	आकरौ / आकरा¹ ākarau / ākarā¹	आकराः / आकरासः¹ ākarāḥ / ākarāsaḥ¹
Accusative	आकरम् ākaram	आकरौ / आकरा¹ ākarau / ākarā¹	आकरान् ākarān
Instrumental	आकरेण ākareṇa	आकराभ्याम् ākarābhyām	आकरैः / आकरेभिः¹ ākaraiḥ / ākarebhiḥ¹
Dative	आकराय ākarāya	आकराभ्याम् ākarābhyām	आकरेभ्यः ākarebhyaḥ
Ablative	आकरात् ākarāt	आकराभ्याम् ākarābhyām	आकरेभ्यः ākarebhyaḥ
Genitive	आकरस्य ākarasya	आकरयोः ākarayoḥ	आकराणाम् ākarāṇām
Locative	आकरे ākare	आकरयोः ākarayoḥ	आकरेषु ākareṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants edit

→ Hindi: आकर (ākar)
Pali: ākara
- → Khmer: អាករ (ʼaakɑɑ)
- → Lao: ອາກອນ (ʼā kǭn)
- → Thai: อากร (aa-gɔɔn, “group; origin”)

References edit

Monier Williams (1899) “आकर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0127, column 3.