छकार

Sanskrit

Etymology

छ (cha, the letter) +‎ कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɐˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

छकार • (chakāra) stem, m

1. The name of the Devanagari letter छ (cha).
2. the sound of the छ letter, /t͡ɕʰɐ/

Inflection

Masculine a-stem declension of छकार
Nom. sg.	छकारः (chakāraḥ)
Gen. sg.	छकारस्य (chakārasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	छकारः (chakāraḥ)	छकारौ (chakārau)	छकाराः (chakārāḥ)
Vocative	छकार (chakāra)	छकारौ (chakārau)	छकाराः (chakārāḥ)
Accusative	छकारम् (chakāram)	छकारौ (chakārau)	छकारान् (chakārān)
Instrumental	छकारेन (chakārena)	छकाराभ्याम् (chakārābhyām)	छकारैः (chakāraiḥ)
Dative	छकाराय (chakārāya)	छकाराभ्याम् (chakārābhyām)	छकारेभ्यः (chakārebhyaḥ)
Ablative	छकारात् (chakārāt)	छकाराभ्याम् (chakārābhyām)	छकारेभ्यः (chakārebhyaḥ)
Genitive	छकारस्य (chakārasya)	छकारयोः (chakārayoḥ)	छकारानाम् (chakārānām)
Locative	छकारे (chakāre)	छकारयोः (chakārayoḥ)	छकारेषु (chakāreṣu)

Hypernyms

• तालव्य (tālavya, “palatal”)
• महाप्राण (mahāprāṇa, “aspirated”)

Coordinate terms

palatal letters and sounds

• चकार (cakāra)
• जकार (jakāra)
• झकार (jhakāra)
• ञकार (ñakāra)
• यकार (yakāra)
• शकार (śakāra)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “छकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0404.