अलंकार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अलंकार (alaṃkāra). By surface analysis, अलम् (alam) +‎ कार (kār).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.ləŋ.kɑːɾ/,

Noun

अलंकार • (alaṅkār) m (Urdu spelling النکار)

ornament, adornment, embellishment, decoration
Synonym: सजावट (sajāvaṭ)
(rhetoric) an ornament of sound or sense

Declension

Declension of अलंकार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अलंकार alaṅkār	अलंकार alaṅkār
oblique	अलंकार alaṅkār	अलंकारों alaṅkārõ
vocative	अलंकार alaṅkār	अलंकारो alaṅkāro

Related terms

अलंकृत (alaṅkŕt)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अलंकार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884) “अलंकार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

अलङ्कार (alaṅkāra)

Alternative scripts

অলংকাৰ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬮᬂᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
অলংকার (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰩𑰽𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀮𑀁𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
အလံကာရ (Burmese script)
અલંકાર (Gujarati script)
ਅਲਂਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌲𑌂𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦭꦁꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂪𑂁𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಅಲಂಕಾರ (Kannada script)
អលំការ (Khmer script)
ອລໍກາຣ (Lao script)
അലംകാര (Malayalam script)
ᠠᢀ᠋ᠯᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘩𑘽𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
ᠠ᠋ᢀ᠋ᠯᠠᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧉𑧞𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐮𑑄𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
ଅଲଂକାର (Odia script)
ꢂꢭꢀꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆬𑆁𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖩𑖽𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
අලංකාර (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩽𑪖𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚥𑚫𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
அலஂகார (Tamil script)
అలంకార (Telugu script)
อลํการ (Thai script)
ཨ་ལཾ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒪𑓀𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨬𑨸𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root अलंकृ (alaṃkṛ), equal to अलम् (alam) +‎ कार (kāra).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐŋ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.l̪ɐŋˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

अलंकार • (alaṃkāra) stem, m

the act of decorating
ornament, decoration
(rhetoric) an ornament of the sense or the sound, of which there are 2 types - śabdālaṃkāra(sound) and arthālaṃkāra (sense)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अलंकार (alaṃkāra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अलंकारः alaṃkāraḥ	अलंकारौ / अलंकारा¹ alaṃkārau / alaṃkārā¹	अलंकाराः / अलंकारासः¹ alaṃkārāḥ / alaṃkārāsaḥ¹
Vocative	अलंकार alaṃkāra	अलंकारौ / अलंकारा¹ alaṃkārau / alaṃkārā¹	अलंकाराः / अलंकारासः¹ alaṃkārāḥ / alaṃkārāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अलंकारम् alaṃkāram	अलंकारौ / अलंकारा¹ alaṃkārau / alaṃkārā¹	अलंकारान् alaṃkārān
Instrumental	अलंकारेण alaṃkāreṇa	अलंकाराभ्याम् alaṃkārābhyām	अलंकारैः / अलंकारेभिः¹ alaṃkāraiḥ / alaṃkārebhiḥ¹
Dative	अलंकाराय alaṃkārāya	अलंकाराभ्याम् alaṃkārābhyām	अलंकारेभ्यः alaṃkārebhyaḥ
Ablative	अलंकारात् alaṃkārāt	अलंकाराभ्याम् alaṃkārābhyām	अलंकारेभ्यः alaṃkārebhyaḥ
Genitive	अलंकारस्य alaṃkārasya	अलंकारयोः alaṃkārayoḥ	अलंकाराणाम् alaṃkārāṇām
Locative	अलंकारे alaṃkāre	अलंकारयोः alaṃkārayoḥ	अलंकारेषु alaṃkāreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

अर्थालंकार (arthālaṃkāra)
आलंकारिक (ālaṃkārika)
शब्दालंकार (śabdālaṃkāra)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: अलंकार (alaṅkār)

Urdu: النکار (alaṅkār)
→ Old Javanese: alaṅkara, alĕṅkara, laṅkara, lĕṅkara
- Javanese: ꦊꦁꦏꦫ (lengkara, “impossible, improbable”)
- → Balinese: ᬍᬗ᭄ᬓᬭ (lengkara, “sentence”)
→ Malayalam: അലങ്കാരം (alaṅkāraṁ)
→ Tamil: அலங்காரம் (alaṅkāram)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “अलंकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 94.

अलंकार

Hindi

Etymology

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Declension

Related terms

References

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