cakāra
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Etymology edit
Possibly from Sanskrit चकार (cakāra). By surface analysis, translingual ච (the letter) + kāra (term designating a letter or sound) etc.
Noun edit
cakāra m
- the letter 'c'
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1], page 11; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- सब्बो ति इच्चेसो सद्दो सरे परे क्वचि चकारं पप्पोति
- Sabbo ti icceso saddo sare pare kvaci cakāraṃ pappoti.
- For all 'ti', this sound sometimes becomes 'c' before another vowel.
Declension edit
Declension table of "cakāra" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | cakāro | cakārā |
| Accusative (second) | cakāraṃ | cakāre |
| Instrumental (third) | cakārena | cakārehi or cakārebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | cakārassa or cakārāya or cakāratthaṃ | cakārānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | cakārasmā or cakāramhā or cakārā | cakārehi or cakārebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | cakārassa | cakārānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | cakārasmiṃ or cakāramhi or cakāre | cakāresu |
| Vocative (calling) | cakāra | cakārā |