ञकार

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ञकार (ñakāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jʌ̃kär]
• Phonetic Devanagari: यँकार्

Noun

ञकार • (ñakār)

1. The name of the Devanagari letter ञ (ña).

References

• “ञकार”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

Sanskrit

Etymology

ञ (ña, the letter) +‎ कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ञकार • (ñakāra) stem, m

1. The name of the Devanagari letter ञ (ña).
2. the sound of the ञ letter, /ɲɐ/

Inflection

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

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

Coordinate terms

palatal letters and sounds

• चकार (cakāra)
• छकार (chakāra)
• जकार (jakāra)
• झकार (jhakāra)
• यकार (yakāra)
• शकार (śakāra)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ञकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0429.