ङकार

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Sanskrit

Etymology

(ṅa, the letter) +‎ कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).

Pronunciation

Noun

ङकार (ṅakāra) stemm

  1. The name of the Devanagari letter (ṅa).
  2. the sound of the letter, /ŋɐ/

Inflection

Masculine a-stem declension of ङकार
Nom. sg. ङकारः (ṅakāraḥ)
Gen. sg. ङकारस्य (ṅakārasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ङकारः (ṅakāraḥ) ङकारौ (ṅakārau) ङकाराः (ṅakārāḥ)
Vocative ङकार (ṅakāra) ङकारौ (ṅakārau) ङकाराः (ṅakārāḥ)
Accusative ङकारम् (ṅakāram) ङकारौ (ṅakārau) ङकारान् (ṅakārān)
Instrumental ङकारेन (ṅakārena) ङकाराभ्याम् (ṅakārābhyām) ङकारैः (ṅakāraiḥ)
Dative ङकाराय (ṅakārāya) ङकाराभ्याम् (ṅakārābhyām) ङकारेभ्यः (ṅakārebhyaḥ)
Ablative ङकारात् (ṅakārāt) ङकाराभ्याम् (ṅakārābhyām) ङकारेभ्यः (ṅakārebhyaḥ)
Genitive ङकारस्य (ṅakārasya) ङकारयोः (ṅakārayoḥ) ङकारानाम् (ṅakārānām)
Locative ङकारे (ṅakāre) ङकारयोः (ṅakārayoḥ) ङकारेषु (ṅakāreṣu)

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