यकार
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Noun edit
यकार m
- Devanagari script form of yakāra (“the letter 'y'”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1], page 10; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- एकारस्स अन्तभूतस्स सरे परे क्वचि यकारादेसो होति।
- Ekārassa antabhūtassa sare pare kvaci yakārādeso hoti.
- The final 'e' next to another vowel is sometimes changed into 'y'.
Declension edit
Declension table of "यकार" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | यकारो (yakāro) | यकारा (yakārā) |
| Accusative (second) | यकारं (yakāraṃ) | यकारे (yakāre) |
| Instrumental (third) | यकारेन (yakārena) | यकारेहि (yakārehi) or यकारेभि (yakārebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | यकारस्स (yakārassa) or यकाराय (yakārāya) or यकारत्थं (yakāratthaṃ) | यकारानं (yakārānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | यकारस्मा (yakārasmā) or यकारम्हा (yakāramhā) or यकारा (yakārā) | यकारेहि (yakārehi) or यकारेभि (yakārebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | यकारस्स (yakārassa) | यकारानं (yakārānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | यकारस्मिं (yakārasmiṃ) or यकारम्हि (yakāramhi) or यकारे (yakāre) | यकारेसु (yakāresu) |
| Vocative (calling) | यकार (yakāra) | यकारा (yakārā) |
Sanskrit edit
Etymology edit
य (ya, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
यकार • (yakāra) stem, m
- The name of the Devanagari letter य (ya).
- the sound of the य letter, /jɐ/
Inflection edit
| Masculine a-stem declension of यकार | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | यकारः (yakāraḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | यकारस्य (yakārasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | यकारः (yakāraḥ) | यकारौ (yakārau) | यकाराः (yakārāḥ) |
| Vocative | यकार (yakāra) | यकारौ (yakārau) | यकाराः (yakārāḥ) |
| Accusative | यकारम् (yakāram) | यकारौ (yakārau) | यकारान् (yakārān) |
| Instrumental | यकारेन (yakārena) | यकाराभ्याम् (yakārābhyām) | यकारैः (yakāraiḥ) |
| Dative | यकाराय (yakārāya) | यकाराभ्याम् (yakārābhyām) | यकारेभ्यः (yakārebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | यकारात् (yakārāt) | यकाराभ्याम् (yakārābhyām) | यकारेभ्यः (yakārebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | यकारस्य (yakārasya) | यकारयोः (yakārayoḥ) | यकारानाम् (yakārānām) |
| Locative | यकारे (yakāre) | यकारयोः (yakārayoḥ) | यकारेषु (yakāreṣu) |
Hypernyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
palatal letters and sounds
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “यकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0838.