मकर
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Hindi
Etymology
From Sanskrit मकर (makara). Cognate with Marathi मकर (makar).
Pronunciation
Noun
मकर • (makar) m (Urdu spelling مکر)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मकर makar |
मकर makar |
| oblique | मकर makar |
मकरों makarõ |
| vocative | मकर makar |
मकरो makaro |
Proper noun
मकर • (makar) m (Urdu spelling مکر)
See also
| Zodiac signs in Hindi · राशियाँ (rāśiyā̃) (layout · text) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 मेष (meṣ) |
 वृष (vŕṣ) |
 मिथुन (mithun) |
 कर्क (kark) | ||||||||
 सिंह (sĩh) |
 कन्या (kanyā) |
 तुला (tulā) |
 वृश्चिक (vŕścik) | ||||||||
 धनु (dhanu) |
 मकर (makar) |
 कुंभ (kumbh) |
 मीना (mīnā) | ||||||||
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मकर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Etymology
From Sanskrit मकर (makara). Cognate with Hindi मकर (makar).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
मकर • (makar) m
See also
| Zodiac signs in Marathi · रास (rās) (layout · text) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
मेष (meṣ) |
वृषभ (vruṣabh) |
मिथुन (mithun) |
कर्क (karka) | ||||||||
सिंह (siuha) |
कन्या (kanyā) |
तूळ (tūḷ) |
वृश्चिक (vruścik) | ||||||||
धनु (dhanu) |
मकर (makar) |
कुंभ (kumbha) |
मीन (mīn) | ||||||||
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মকৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬓᬭ (Balinese script)
- মকর (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰎𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀓𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- မကရ (Burmese script)
- મકર (Gujarati script)
- ਮਕਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌕𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦏꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂍𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಕರ (Kannada script)
- មករ (Khmer script)
- ມກຣ (Lao script)
- മകര (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᡬᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘎𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢉᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑦮𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐎𑐬 (Newa script)
- ମକର (Odia script)
- ꢪꢒꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆑𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖎𑖨 (Siddham script)
- මකර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩜𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚊𑚤 (Takri script)
- மகர (Tamil script)
- మకర (Telugu script)
- มกร (Thai script)
- མ་ཀ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒏𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨋𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of unclear origin. Likely a borrowing, along with नक्र (nakra, “Scorpio; alligator; sea monster”), to which it may be related, from a non-Indo-European source, perhaps Dravidian. Attempts to connect the word with fish names in Hellenic and Baltic, as well as with Old Church Slavonic мокръ (mokrŭ, “wet”), are unconvincing.
Pronunciation
Noun
मकर • (mákara) stem, m
- a kind of sea-monster (sometimes confounded with the crocodile, shark, dolphin)
- (astrology, astronomy) name of the 10th sign of the zodiac (Capricornus)
- the 10th arc of 30 degrees in any circle L.
- an army of troops in the form of a मकर Mn. vii, 187
- an earring shaped like a मकर BhP. (Cf. मकर-कुण्डल)
- the hands folded in the form of a मकर Cat.
- one of the 9 treasures of Kubera
- one of the 8 magical treasures called पद्मिनी
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मकरः (mákaraḥ) | मकरौ (mákarau) मकरा¹ (mákarā¹) |
मकराः (mákarāḥ) मकरासः¹ (mákarāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | मकरम् (mákaram) | मकरौ (mákarau) मकरा¹ (mákarā¹) |
मकरान् (mákarān) |
| instrumental | मकरेण (mákareṇa) | मकराभ्याम् (mákarābhyām) | मकरैः (mákaraiḥ) मकरेभिः¹ (mákarebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मकराय (mákarāya) | मकराभ्याम् (mákarābhyām) | मकरेभ्यः (mákarebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मकरात् (mákarāt) | मकराभ्याम् (mákarābhyām) | मकरेभ्यः (mákarebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मकरस्य (mákarasya) | मकरयोः (mákarayoḥ) | मकराणाम् (mákarāṇām) |
| locative | मकरे (mákare) | मकरयोः (mákarayoḥ) | मकरेषु (mákareṣu) |
| vocative | मकर (mákara) | मकरौ (mákarau) मकरा¹ (mákarā¹) |
मकराः (mákarāḥ) मकरासः¹ (mákarāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Hindi: मकर (makar)
- → Malayalam: മകരം (makaraṁ)
- Marathi: मकर (makar)
- Pali: makara
- Punjabi: magar
- → Middle Chinese: 摩竭 (MC ma gjot|gjet)
- → Tamil: மகரம் (makaram)
- → Telugu: మకరము (makaramu)
See also
| Zodiac signs in Sanskrit · राशिचक्र (rāśicakra) (layout · text) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
मेष (meṣa) |
वृषभ (vṛṣabha) |
मिथुन (mithuna) |
कर्कटक (karkaṭaka) | ||||||||
सिंह (siṃha) |
कन्या (kanyā) |
तुला (tulā) |
वृश्चिक (vṛścika) | ||||||||
धनु (dhanu) |
मकर (makara) |
कुम्भ (kumbha) |
मीन (mīna) | ||||||||
References
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मकरः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Monier Williams (1899) “मकर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 771/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “MAḾH- - mákara-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 286
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) “makamakāyate— mákarah”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 539-540