ऋकार

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঋকাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬋᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• ঋকার (Bengali script)
• 𑰆𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀋𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ၒကာရ (Burmese script)
• ઋકાર (Gujarati script)
• ਰਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌋𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦉꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂱𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಋಕಾರ (Kannada script)
• ឫការ (Khmer script)
• ຣິກາຣ (Lao script)
• ഋകാര (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᡳᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘆𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠢᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦦𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐆𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଋକାର (Odia script)
• ꢈꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆉𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖆𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ඍකාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩙𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• ரிகார (Tamil script)
• ఋకార (Telugu script)
• ฤการ (Thai script)
• རྀ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒇𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨉𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From ऋ (ṛ) +‎ कार (kāra).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /r̩.kɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /r̩ˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

ऋकार • (ṛkāra) stem, m

1. the letter or sound ऋ

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ऋकार (ṛkāra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ऋकारः ṛkāraḥ	ऋकारौ / ऋकारा¹ ṛkārau / ṛkārā¹	ऋकाराः / ऋकारासः¹ ṛkārāḥ / ṛkārāsaḥ¹
Vocative	ऋकार ṛkāra	ऋकारौ / ऋकारा¹ ṛkārau / ṛkārā¹	ऋकाराः / ऋकारासः¹ ṛkārāḥ / ṛkārāsaḥ¹
Accusative	ऋकारम् ṛkāram	ऋकारौ / ऋकारा¹ ṛkārau / ṛkārā¹	ऋकारान् ṛkārān
Instrumental	ऋकारेण ṛkāreṇa	ऋकाराभ्याम् ṛkārābhyām	ऋकारैः / ऋकारेभिः¹ ṛkāraiḥ / ṛkārebhiḥ¹
Dative	ऋकाराय ṛkārāya	ऋकाराभ्याम् ṛkārābhyām	ऋकारेभ्यः ṛkārebhyaḥ
Ablative	ऋकारात् ṛkārāt	ऋकाराभ्याम् ṛkārābhyām	ऋकारेभ्यः ṛkārebhyaḥ
Genitive	ऋकारस्य ṛkārasya	ऋकारयोः ṛkārayoḥ	ऋकाराणाम् ṛkārāṇām
Locative	ऋकारे ṛkāre	ऋकारयोः ṛkārayoḥ	ऋकारेषु ṛkāreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ऋकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 223.