उकार

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Pali

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Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit उकार (ukāra). By surface analysis, translingual උ (the letter) +‎ kāra (term designating a letter or sound) etc.

Noun

उकार m

  1. Devanagari script form of ukāra (“the letter 'u'”)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), 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:
      ओकारुकारानं अन्‍तभूतानं सरे परे क्वचि वकारादेसो होति।
      Okārukārānaṃ antabhūtānaṃ sare pare kvaci vakārādeso hoti.
      Final 'o' and 'u' are sometimes changed to 'v' before another vowel.

Declension

Declension table of "उकार" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)उकारो (ukāro)उकारा (ukārā)
Accusative (second)उकारं (ukāraṃ)उकारे (ukāre)
Instrumental (third)उकारेन (ukārena)उकारेहि (ukārehi) or उकारेभि (ukārebhi)
Dative (fourth)उकारस्स (ukārassa) or उकाराय (ukārāya) or उकारत्थं (ukāratthaṃ)उकारानं (ukārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)उकारस्मा (ukārasmā) or उकारम्हा (ukāramhā) or उकारा (ukārā)उकारेहि (ukārehi) or उकारेभि (ukārebhi)
Genitive (sixth)उकारस्स (ukārassa)उकारानं (ukārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)उकारस्मिं (ukārasmiṃ) or उकारम्हि (ukāramhi) or उकारे (ukāre)उकारेसु (ukāresu)
Vocative (calling)उकार (ukāra)उकारा (ukārā)
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