ञकार
Nepali edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit ञकार (ñakāra).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ञकार • (ñakār)
- The name of the Devanagari letter ञ (ña).
References edit
- “ञकार”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś)[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
Sanskrit edit
Etymology edit
ञ (ña, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ञकार • (ñakāra) stem, m
- The name of the Devanagari letter ञ (ña).
- the sound of the ञ letter, /ɲɐ/
Inflection edit
| Masculine a-stem declension of ञकार | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | ञकारः (ñakāraḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | ञकारस्य (ñakārasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ञकारः (ñakāraḥ) | ञकारौ (ñakārau) | ञकाराः (ñakārāḥ) |
| Vocative | ञकार (ñakāra) | ञकारौ (ñakārau) | ञकाराः (ñakārāḥ) |
| Accusative | ञकारम् (ñakāram) | ञकारौ (ñakārau) | ञकारान् (ñakārān) |
| Instrumental | ञकारेन (ñakārena) | ञकाराभ्याम् (ñakārābhyām) | ञकारैः (ñakāraiḥ) |
| Dative | ञकाराय (ñakārāya) | ञकाराभ्याम् (ñakārābhyām) | ञकारेभ्यः (ñakārebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | ञकारात् (ñakārāt) | ञकाराभ्याम् (ñakārābhyām) | ञकारेभ्यः (ñakārebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | ञकारस्य (ñakārasya) | ञकारयोः (ñakārayoḥ) | ञकारानाम् (ñakārānām) |
| Locative | ञकारे (ñakāre) | ञकारयोः (ñakārayoḥ) | ञकारेषु (ñakāreṣu) |
Hypernyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
palatal letters and sounds
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “ञकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0429.