Possibly from Sanskrit ककार (kakāra). By surface analysis, translingual ක (ka, “letter”) + kāra (“letter or sound”) etc.
kakāra m
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | kakāro | kakārā |
Accusative (second) | kakāraṃ | kakāre |
Instrumental (third) | kakārena | kakārehi or kakārebhi |
Dative (fourth) | kakārassa or kakārāya or kakāratthaṃ | kakārānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | kakārasmā or kakāramhā or kakārā | kakārehi or kakārebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | kakārassa | kakārānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | kakārasmiṃ or kakāramhi or kakāre | kakāresu |
Vocative (calling) | kakāra | kakārā |
Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli Language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875.