यकार

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Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

यकार m

  1. Devanagari script form of yakāra (“the letter 'y'”)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 10; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      एकारस्स अन्तभूतस्स सरे परे क्वचि यकारादेसो होति।
      Ekārassa antabhūtassa sare pare kvaci yakārādeso hoti.
      The final 'e' next to another vowel is sometimes changed into 'y'.

Declension

Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

यकार (yakāra) stemm

  1. The name of the Devanagari letter (ya).
  2. the sound of the letter, /jɐ/

Inflection

Masculine a-stem declension of यकार
Nom. sg. यकारः (yakāraḥ)
Gen. sg. यकारस्य (yakārasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative यकारः (yakāraḥ) यकारौ (yakārau) यकाराः (yakārāḥ)
Vocative यकार (yakāra) यकारौ (yakārau) यकाराः (yakārāḥ)
Accusative यकारम् (yakāram) यकारौ (yakārau) यकारान् (yakārān)
Instrumental यकारेन (yakārena) यकाराभ्याम् (yakārābhyām) यकारैः (yakāraiḥ)
Dative यकाराय (yakārāya) यकाराभ्याम् (yakārābhyām) यकारेभ्यः (yakārebhyaḥ)
Ablative यकारात् (yakārāt) यकाराभ्याम् (yakārābhyām) यकारेभ्यः (yakārebhyaḥ)
Genitive यकारस्य (yakārasya) यकारयोः (yakārayoḥ) यकारानाम् (yakārānām)
Locative यकारे (yakāre) यकारयोः (yakārayoḥ) यकारेषु (yakāreṣu)

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