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Pali
Etymology
Possibly from Sanskrit चकार (cakāra). By surface analysis, translingual ච (the letter) + kāra (term designating a letter or sound) etc.
Noun
cakāra m
- the letter 'c'
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:सब्बो ति इच्चेसो सद्दो सरे परे क्वचि चकारं पप्पोति- Sabbo ti icceso saddo sare pare kvaci cakāraṃ pappoti.
- For all 'ti', this sound sometimes becomes 'c' before another vowel.
Declension
Declension table of "cakāra" (masculine)