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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अक (áka).
Pronunciation
Noun
अक • (ak) m
- (rare, formal) a sin
- Synonyms: पाप (pāp), पातक (pātak)
Declension
Declension of अक (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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अक
ak
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अक
ak
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| oblique
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अक
ak
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अकों
akõ
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| vocative
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अक
ak
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अको
ako
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References
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অক (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬓ (Balinese script)
- অক (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- အက (Burmese script)
- અક (Gujarati script)
- ਅਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಕ (Kannada script)
- អក (Khmer script)
- ອກ (Lao script)
- അക (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଅକ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖎 (Siddham script)
- අක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚊 (Takri script)
- அக (Tamil script)
- అక (Telugu script)
- อก (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ákas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ákas (“bad”), perhaps from the BMAC substrate.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
अक • (áka) stem, n
- pain, unhappiness
- sin
Declension
References
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations, Helsinki, page 8
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “अक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 39