ओकार

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Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ओकार m

  1. Devanagari script form of okāra (“folly”)
  2. Devanagari script form of okāra (“the letter 'o'”)
    • 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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From (o) +‎ कार (kāra).

Pronunciation

Noun

ओकार (okāra) stemm

  1. the letter for the sound of the vowel (o) in Devanagari script

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ओकार (okāra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ओकारः
okāraḥ
ओकारौ / ओकारा¹
okārau / okārā¹
ओकाराः / ओकारासः¹
okārāḥ / okārāsaḥ¹
Vocative ओकार
okāra
ओकारौ / ओकारा¹
okārau / okārā¹
ओकाराः / ओकारासः¹
okārāḥ / okārāsaḥ¹
Accusative ओकारम्
okāram
ओकारौ / ओकारा¹
okārau / okārā¹
ओकारान्
okārān
Instrumental ओकारेण
okāreṇa
ओकाराभ्याम्
okārābhyām
ओकारैः / ओकारेभिः¹
okāraiḥ / okārebhiḥ¹
Dative ओकाराय
okārāya
ओकाराभ्याम्
okārābhyām
ओकारेभ्यः
okārebhyaḥ
Ablative ओकारात्
okārāt
ओकाराभ्याम्
okārābhyām
ओकारेभ्यः
okārebhyaḥ
Genitive ओकारस्य
okārasya
ओकारयोः
okārayoḥ
ओकाराणाम्
okārāṇām
Locative ओकारे
okāre
ओकारयोः
okārayoḥ
ओकारेषु
okāreṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References