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Pali
Etymology
Possibly from Sanskrit वकार (vakāra). By surface analysis, translingual ව (the letter) + kāra (term designating a letter or sound) etc.
Noun
vakāra m
- The letter 'v'
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:ओकारुकारानं अन्तभूतानं सरे परे क्वचि वकारादेसो होति।- Okārukārānaṃ antabhūtānaṃ sare pare kvaci vakārādeso hoti.
- Final 'o' and 'u' are sometimes changed to 'v' before another vowel.
Declension
Declension table of "vakāra" (masculine)
Synonyms