मकर
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit मकर (makara). Cognate with Marathi मकर (makar).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
मकर • (makar) m (Urdu spelling مکر)
Declension edit
Declension of मकर (masc cons-stem)
Proper noun edit
मकर • (makar) m (Urdu spelling مکر)
See also edit
Zodiac signs in Hindi · राशियाँ (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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मेष (meṣ) | वृष (vŕṣ) | मिथुन (mithun) | कर्क (kark) | ||||||||
सिंह (sĩh) | कन्या (kanyā) | तुला (tulā) | वृश्चिक (vŕścik) | ||||||||
धनु (dhanu) | मकर (makar) | कुंभ (kumbh) | मीना (mīnā) |
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मकर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit मकर (makara). Cognate with Hindi मकर (makar).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
मकर • (makar) m
See also edit
Zodiac signs in Marathi · राशी (rāśī) (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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मेष (meṣ) | वृषभ (vŕṣabh) | मिथुन (mithun) | कर्क (karka) | ||||||||
सिंह (siuha) | कन्या (kanyā) | तूळ (tūḷ) | वृश्चिक (vŕścik) | ||||||||
धनु (dhanu) | मकर (makar) | कुंभ (kumbha) | मीन (mīn) |
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- মকৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬓᬭ (Balinese script)
- মকর (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰎𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀓𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- မကရ (Burmese script)
- મકર (Gujarati script)
- ਮਕਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌕𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦏꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂍𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಕರ (Kannada script)
- មករ (Khmer script)
- ມກຣ (Lao script)
- മകര (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᡬᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘎𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢉᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑦮𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐎𑐬 (Newa script)
- ମକର (Odia script)
- ꢪꢒꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆑𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖎𑖨 (Siddham script)
- මකර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩜𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚊𑚤 (Takri script)
- மகர (Tamil script)
- మకర (Telugu script)
- มกร (Thai script)
- མ་ཀ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒏𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨋𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
Of unclear origin. Likely a borrowing, along with नक्र (nakra, “Scorpio; alligator; sea monster”), to which it may be related, from a non-Indo-European source, perhaps Dravidian. Attempts to connect the word with fish names in Hellenic and Baltic, as well as with Old Church Slavonic мокръ (mokrŭ, “wet”), are unconvincing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
मकर • (mákara) stem, m
- a kind of sea-monster (sometimes confounded with the crocodile, shark, dolphin)
- (astrology, astronomy) name of the 10th sign of the zodiac (Capricornus)
- the 10th arc of 30 degrees in any circle L.
- an army of troops in the form of a मकर Mn. vii, 187
- an earring shaped like a मकर BhP. (Cf. मकर-कुण्डल)
- the hands folded in the form of a मकर Cat.
- one of the 9 treasures of Kubera
- one of the 8 magical treasures called पद्मिनी
Declension edit
Masculine a-stem declension of मकर (mákara) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मकरः mákaraḥ |
मकरौ / मकरा¹ mákarau / mákarā¹ |
मकराः / मकरासः¹ mákarāḥ / mákarāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | मकर mákara |
मकरौ / मकरा¹ mákarau / mákarā¹ |
मकराः / मकरासः¹ mákarāḥ / mákarāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | मकरम् mákaram |
मकरौ / मकरा¹ mákarau / mákarā¹ |
मकरान् mákarān |
Instrumental | मकरेण mákareṇa |
मकराभ्याम् mákarābhyām |
मकरैः / मकरेभिः¹ mákaraiḥ / mákarebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | मकराय mákarāya |
मकराभ्याम् mákarābhyām |
मकरेभ्यः mákarebhyaḥ |
Ablative | मकरात् mákarāt |
मकराभ्याम् mákarābhyām |
मकरेभ्यः mákarebhyaḥ |
Genitive | मकरस्य mákarasya |
मकरयोः mákarayoḥ |
मकराणाम् mákarāṇām |
Locative | मकरे mákare |
मकरयोः mákarayoḥ |
मकरेषु mákareṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants edit
- Hindi: मकर (makar)
- → Malayalam: മകരം (makaraṁ)
- Marathi: मकर (makar)
- Pali: makara
- → Middle Chinese: 摩竭 (MC ma gjot|gjet)
- → Tamil: மகரம் (makaram)
- → Telugu: మకరము (makaramu)
See also edit
Zodiac signs in Sanskrit (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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मेष (meṣa) | ऋषभ (ṛṣabha) | मिथुन (mithuna) | कर्कटक (karkaṭaka) | ||||||||
सिंह (siṃha) | कन्या (kanyā) | तुला (tulā) | वृश्चिक (vṛścika) | ||||||||
धनु (dhanu) | मकर (makara) | कुम्भ (kumbha) | मीन (mīna) |
References edit
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मकरः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Monier Williams (1899) “मकर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 771/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “MAḾH- - mákara-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 286
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) “makamakāyate— mákarah”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 539-540