चकार

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• cakāra (Latin script)
• 𑀘𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• চকার (Bengali script)
• චකාර (Sinhalese script)
• စကာရ or ၸၵႃရ (Burmese script)
• จการ or จะการะ (Thai script)
• ᨧᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈກາຣ or ຈະກາຣະ (Lao script)
• ចការ (Khmer script)
• 𑄌𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

चकार m

1. Devanagari script form of cakāra (“the letter 'c'”)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1], page 11; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     सब्बो ति इच्चेसो सद्दो सरे परे क्वचि चकारं पप्पोति

     Sabbo ti icceso saddo sare pare kvaci cakāraṃ pappoti.

     For all 'ti', this sound sometimes becomes 'c' before another vowel.

Declension

Declension table of "चकार" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	चकारो (cakāro)	चकारा (cakārā)
Accusative (second)	चकारं (cakāraṃ)	चकारे (cakāre)
Instrumental (third)	चकारेन (cakārena)	चकारेहि (cakārehi) or चकारेभि (cakārebhi)
Dative (fourth)	चकारस्स (cakārassa) or चकाराय (cakārāya) or चकारत्थं (cakāratthaṃ)	चकारानं (cakārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	चकारस्मा (cakārasmā) or चकारम्हा (cakāramhā) or चकारा (cakārā)	चकारेहि (cakārehi) or चकारेभि (cakārebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	चकारस्स (cakārassa)	चकारानं (cakārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	चकारस्मिं (cakārasmiṃ) or चकारम्हि (cakāramhi) or चकारे (cakāre)	चकारेसु (cakāresu)
Vocative (calling)	चकार (cakāra)	चकारा (cakārā)

Sanskrit

Etymology 1

च (ca, the letter) +‎ कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

चकार • (cakāra) stem, m

1. The name of the Devanagari letter च (ca).
2. the sound of the च letter, /t͡ɕɐ/

Inflection

Masculine a-stem declension of चकार
Nom. sg.	चकारः (cakāraḥ)
Gen. sg.	चकारस्य (cakārasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चकारः (cakāraḥ)	चकारौ (cakārau)	चकाराः (cakārāḥ)
Vocative	चकार (cakāra)	चकारौ (cakārau)	चकाराः (cakārāḥ)
Accusative	चकारम् (cakāram)	चकारौ (cakārau)	चकारान् (cakārān)
Instrumental	चकारेन (cakārena)	चकाराभ्याम् (cakārābhyām)	चकारैः (cakāraiḥ)
Dative	चकाराय (cakārāya)	चकाराभ्याम् (cakārābhyām)	चकारेभ्यः (cakārebhyaḥ)
Ablative	चकारात् (cakārāt)	चकाराभ्याम् (cakārābhyām)	चकारेभ्यः (cakārebhyaḥ)
Genitive	चकारस्य (cakārasya)	चकारयोः (cakārayoḥ)	चकारानाम् (cakārānām)
Locative	चकारे (cakāre)	चकारयोः (cakārayoḥ)	चकारेषु (cakāreṣu)

Hypernyms

• तालव्य (tālavya, “palatal”)
• अल्पप्राण (alpaprāṇa, “unaspirated”)

Coordinate terms

palatal letters and sounds

• छकार (chakāra)
• जकार (jakāra)
• झकार (jhakāra)
• ञकार (ñakāra)
• यकार (yakāra)
• शकार (śakāra)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0380.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćakā́ra, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakā́ra, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷe-kʷór-e.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ.kɑ́ː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

Verb

चकार • (cakā́ra) third-singular present indicative (root कृ, perfect)

1. perfect of कृ (kṛ)

Conjugation

Perfect: चकार (cakā́ra), चक्रे (cakré)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	चकार cakā́ra	चक्रतुः cakrátuḥ	चक्रुः cakrúḥ	चक्रे cakré	चक्राते cakrā́te	चक्रिरे cakriré
Second	चकर्थ cakártha	चक्रथुः cakráthuḥ	चक्र cakrá	चकृषे cakṛṣé	चक्राथे cakrā́the	चकृध्वे cakṛdhvé
First	चकर / चकार cakára / cakā́ra	चकृव cakṛvá	चकृम cakṛmá	चक्रे cakré	चकृवहे cakṛváhe	चकृमहे cakṛmáhe
Participles
	चकृवांस् cakṛvā́ṃs			चक्राण cakrāṇá