आगार

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आगार (āgāra).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɡɑːɾ/, [äː.ɡäːɾ]

Noun

आगार • (āgār) m (Urdu spelling آگار)

dwelling, house
building or premises devoted to a particular purpose
hall, chamber
receptacle, store
treasury

Declension

Declension of आगार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आगार āgār	आगार āgār
oblique	आगार āgār	आगारों āgārõ
vocative	आगार āgār	आगारो āgāro

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आगार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884) “आगार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

अगार (agāra)
आगर (āgara)

Alternative scripts

আগাৰ (Assamese script)
ᬆᬕᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
আগার (Bengali script)
𑰁𑰐𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀆𑀕𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
အာဂါရ (Burmese script)
આગાર (Gujarati script)
ਆਗਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌆𑌗𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦴꦒꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
𑂄𑂏𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಆಗಾರ (Kannada script)
អាគារ (Khmer script)
ອາຄາຣ (Lao script)
ആഗാര (Malayalam script)
ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘁𑘐𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
ᠠᢗᠺᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦡𑦰𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐁𑐐𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
ଆଗାର (Odia script)
ꢃꢔꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆄𑆓𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖁𑖐𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
ආගාර (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩛𑩞𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚁𑚌𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
ஆக³ார (Tamil script)
ఆగార (Telugu script)
อาคาร (Thai script)
ཨཱ་གཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒂𑒑𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨊𑨍𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. आगार was probably the original form, while अगार was secondary. Has been taken to be from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to gather”); compare ग्राम (grāma, “village”), Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (agorā́, “assembly, market”)).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɡɑː.ɾɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈɡɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

आगार • (āgāra) stem, n

apartment, house, dwelling
Synonyms: गृह (gṛha), शाला (śālā), आलय (ālaya)
a particular high number

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of आगार (āgāra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आगारम् āgāram	आगारे āgāre	आगाराणि / आगारा¹ āgārāṇi / āgārā¹
Vocative	आगार āgāra	आगारे āgāre	आगाराणि / आगारा¹ āgārāṇi / āgārā¹
Accusative	आगारम् āgāram	आगारे āgāre	आगाराणि / आगारा¹ āgārāṇi / āgārā¹
Instrumental	आगारेण āgāreṇa	आगाराभ्याम् āgārābhyām	आगारैः / आगारेभिः¹ āgāraiḥ / āgārebhiḥ¹
Dative	आगाराय āgārāya	आगाराभ्याम् āgārābhyām	आगारेभ्यः āgārebhyaḥ
Ablative	आगारात् āgārāt	आगाराभ्याम् āgārābhyām	आगारेभ्यः āgārebhyaḥ
Genitive	आगारस्य āgārasya	आगारयोः āgārayoḥ	आगाराणाम् āgārāṇām
Locative	आगारे āgāre	आगारयोः āgārayoḥ	आगारेषु āgāreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “आगार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 130.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 159