अहंकार

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहंकार (ahaṃkāra).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.ɦəŋ.kɑːɾ/,

Noun

अहंकार (ahaṅkārm

  1. pride, egoism, arrogance

Declension

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहंकार (ahaṃkāra).

Noun

अहंकार (ahaṃkāram

  1. pride

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

अहंकार m

  1. Devanagari script form of ahaṃkāra

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Compound of अहं (ahaṃ, I) +‎ -कार (-kāra, doer).

Pronunciation

Noun

अहंकार (ahaṃkāra) stemm

  1. conception of one's individuality, self-consciousness
  2. the making of self, thinking of self, egotism
  3. pride, haughtiness
  4. (philosophy) the third of the eight producers or sources of creation, viz. the conceit or conception of individuality, individualization

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अहंकार (ahaṃkāra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अहंकारः
ahaṃkāraḥ
अहंकारौ / अहंकारा¹
ahaṃkārau / ahaṃkārā¹
अहंकाराः / अहंकारासः¹
ahaṃkārāḥ / ahaṃkārāsaḥ¹
Vocative अहंकार
ahaṃkāra
अहंकारौ / अहंकारा¹
ahaṃkārau / ahaṃkārā¹
अहंकाराः / अहंकारासः¹
ahaṃkārāḥ / ahaṃkārāsaḥ¹
Accusative अहंकारम्
ahaṃkāram
अहंकारौ / अहंकारा¹
ahaṃkārau / ahaṃkārā¹
अहंकारान्
ahaṃkārān
Instrumental अहंकारेण
ahaṃkāreṇa
अहंकाराभ्याम्
ahaṃkārābhyām
अहंकारैः / अहंकारेभिः¹
ahaṃkāraiḥ / ahaṃkārebhiḥ¹
Dative अहंकाराय
ahaṃkārāya
अहंकाराभ्याम्
ahaṃkārābhyām
अहंकारेभ्यः
ahaṃkārebhyaḥ
Ablative अहंकारात्
ahaṃkārāt
अहंकाराभ्याम्
ahaṃkārābhyām
अहंकारेभ्यः
ahaṃkārebhyaḥ
Genitive अहंकारस्य
ahaṃkārasya
अहंकारयोः
ahaṃkārayoḥ
अहंकाराणाम्
ahaṃkārāṇām
Locative अहंकारे
ahaṃkāre
अहंकारयोः
ahaṃkārayoḥ
अहंकारेषु
ahaṃkāreṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  • Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.