आकृति

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आकृति (ākṛti).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑːk.ɾɪ.t̪iː/, [äːk.ɾɪ.t̪iː]

Noun

आकृति • (ākŕti) f

1. shape, form, figure

   Synonyms: रूप (rūp), आकार (ākār)

2. (geometry) shape

   इस आकृति की छह भुजाएँ हैं।

   is ākŕti kī chah bhujāẽ ha͠i.

   This shape has six sides.

Declension

Declension of आकृति (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आकृति ākŕti	आकृतियाँ ākŕtiyā̃
oblique	आकृति ākŕti	आकृतियों ākŕtiyõ
vocative	आकृति ākŕti	आकृतियो ākŕtiyo

Further reading

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আকৃতি (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬓᬺᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• আকৃতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰎𑰴𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀓𑀾𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• အာကၖတိ (Burmese script)
• આકૃતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਕ੍ਰਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦏꦽꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂍𑃂𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಕೃತಿ (Kannada script)
• អាក្ឫតិ (Khmer script)
• ອາກ຺ຣິຕິ (Lao script)
• ആകൃതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᡵᡳᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘎𑘵𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢉᠷᠢᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦮𑧖𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐎𑐺𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଆକୃତି (Odia script)
• ꢃꢒꢺꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆑𑆸𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖎𑖴𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ආකෘති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩜𑩙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚊𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஆக்ரிதி (Tamil script)
• ఆకృతి (Telugu script)
• อากฺฤติ (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཀྲྀ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒏𑒵𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨋𑨼𑨉𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of आ (ā́) +‎ कृति (kṛtí, “making”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kr̩.tí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.kr̩.t̪i/

Noun

आकृति • (ākṛtí) stem, f

1. shape, form, figure

   Synonyms: रूप (rūpá), आकार (ākāra)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.164.12:

     पञ्च॑पादं पि॒तरं॒ द्वाद॑श्आकृतिं दि॒व आ॑हु॒: परे॒ अर्धे॑ पुरी॒षिण॑म्।
     अथे॒मे अ॒न्य उप॑रे विचक्ष॒णं स॒प्तच॑क्रे॒ षळ॑र आहु॒रर्पि॑तम्॥

     páñcapādaṃ pitáraṃ dvā́daśākṛtiṃ divá āhu: páre árdhe purīṣíṇam.
     áthemé anyá úpare vicakṣaṇáṃ saptácakre ṣáḷara āhurárpitam.

     They call him in the farther half of heaven the Sire five-footed, of twelve forms, wealthy in watery store.
     These others say that he, God with far-seeing eyes, is mounted on the lower seven-wheeled, six-spoked car.

2. (geometry) shape

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of आकृति (ākṛtí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आकृतिः ākṛtíḥ	आकृती ākṛtī́	आकृतयः ākṛtáyaḥ
Vocative	आकृते ā́kṛte	आकृती ā́kṛtī	आकृतयः ā́kṛtayaḥ
Accusative	आकृतिम् ākṛtím	आकृती ākṛtī́	आकृतीः ākṛtī́ḥ
Instrumental	आकृत्या / आकृती¹ ākṛtyā́ / ākṛtī́¹	आकृतिभ्याम् ākṛtíbhyām	आकृतिभिः ākṛtíbhiḥ
Dative	आकृतये / आकृत्यै² / आकृती¹ ākṛtáye / ākṛtyaí² / ākṛtī́¹	आकृतिभ्याम् ākṛtíbhyām	आकृतिभ्यः ākṛtíbhyaḥ
Ablative	आकृतेः / आकृत्याः² / आकृत्यै³ ākṛtéḥ / ākṛtyā́ḥ² / ākṛtyaí³	आकृतिभ्याम् ākṛtíbhyām	आकृतिभ्यः ākṛtíbhyaḥ
Genitive	आकृतेः / आकृत्याः² / आकृत्यै³ ākṛtéḥ / ākṛtyā́ḥ² / ākṛtyaí³	आकृत्योः ākṛtyóḥ	आकृतीनाम् ākṛtīnā́m
Locative	आकृतौ / आकृत्याम्² / आकृता¹ ākṛtaú / ākṛtyā́m² / ākṛtā́¹	आकृत्योः ākṛtyóḥ	आकृतिषु ākṛtíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas