हकार

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Nepali

Pronunciation

Verb

हकार (hakāra)

  1. second-person mid respect singular imperative of हकार्नु (hakārnu)

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

हकार m

  1. Devanagari script form of hakāra (“the letter 'h'”)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 12; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      चसहग्गहणेन धकारस्स हकारादेसो होति;
      Casahaggahaṇena dhakārassa hakārādeso hoti;
      By taking it together with 'ca', one gets a change of 'dh' to 'h';

Declension

Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

हकार (hakāra) stemm

  1. The name of the Devanagari letter (ha).
  2. the sound of the letter, /ɦɐ/

Inflection

Masculine a-stem declension of हकार
Nom. sg. हकारः (hakāraḥ)
Gen. sg. हकारस्य (hakārasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative हकारः (hakāraḥ) हकारौ (hakārau) हकाराः (hakārāḥ)
Vocative हकार (hakāra) हकारौ (hakārau) हकाराः (hakārāḥ)
Accusative हकारम् (hakāram) हकारौ (hakārau) हकारान् (hakārān)
Instrumental हकारेन (hakārena) हकाराभ्याम् (hakārābhyām) हकारैः (hakāraiḥ)
Dative हकाराय (hakārāya) हकाराभ्याम् (hakārābhyām) हकारेभ्यः (hakārebhyaḥ)
Ablative हकारात् (hakārāt) हकाराभ्याम् (hakārābhyām) हकारेभ्यः (hakārebhyaḥ)
Genitive हकारस्य (hakārasya) हकारयोः (hakārayoḥ) हकारानाम् (hakārānām)
Locative हकारे (hakāre) हकारयोः (hakārayoḥ) हकारेषु (hakāreṣu)

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