Pali

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Noun

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चकार m

  1. Devanagari script form of cakāra (“the letter 'c'”)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎[1] (overall work in Pali), 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.

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Etymology 1

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

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Verb

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चकार (cakā́ra) third-singular indicative (type U, perfect, root कृ)

  1. perfect of कृ (kṛ)
Conjugation
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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

The second-singular perfect optative चक्रियाः (cakriyāḥ) occurs in Rigveda 8,45,18.

Of Vedic pluperfect forms occur: अचक्रत् (acakrat, third-singular active), अचक्रिरन् (ácakriran, third-plural middle) and चकरम् (cakaram, augmentless first-singular active).

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Etymology 2

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

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Noun

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चकार (cakāra) stemm

  1. The name of the Devanagari letter (ca).
  2. the sound of the letter, /t͡ɕɐ/
Declension
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Masculine a-stem declension of चकार (cakāra)
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 चकारेण
cakāreṇa
चकाराभ्याम्
cakārābhyām
चकारैः
cakāraiḥ
Dative चकाराय
cakārāya
चकाराभ्याम्
cakārābhyām
चकारेभ्यः
cakārebhyaḥ
Ablative चकारात्
cakārāt
चकाराभ्याम्
cakārābhyām
चकारेभ्यः
cakārebhyaḥ
Genitive चकारस्य
cakārasya
चकारयोः
cakārayoḥ
चकाराणाम्
cakārāṇām
Locative चकारे
cakāre
चकारयोः
cakārayoḥ
चकारेषु
cakāreṣu
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