आकृति
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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आकृति (ākṛti).
Pronunciation
Noun
आकृति • (ākŕti) f
- shape, form, figure
- (geometry) shape
- इस आकृति की छह भुजाएँ हैं।
- is ākŕti kī chah bhujāẽ ha͠i.
- This shape has six sides.
Declension
Declension of आकृति (fem i-stem)
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आकृति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- আকৃতি (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬓᬺᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- আকৃতি (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰎𑰴𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀓𑀾𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- အာကၖတိ (Burmese script)
- આકૃતિ (Gujarati script)
- ਆਕ੍ਰਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦏꦽꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂍𑃂𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಕೃತಿ (Kannada script)
- អាក្ឫតិ (Khmer script)
- ອາກ຺ຣິຕິ (Lao script)
- ആകൃതി (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᡬᡵᡳᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘎𑘵𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᢉᠷᠢᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑦮𑧖𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐎𑐺𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଆକୃତି (Odia script)
- ꢃꢒꢺꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆑𑆸𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖎𑖴𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- ආකෘති (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑩜𑩙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚊𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
- ஆக்ரிதி (Tamil script)
- ఆకృతి (Telugu script)
- อากฺฤติ (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་ཀྲྀ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒏𑒵𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨋𑨼𑨉𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From आ- (ā́-) + कृति (kṛ́ti, “making”)
Pronunciation
Noun
आकृति • (ā́kṛti) stem, f
- shape, form, figure
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.164.12:
- पञ्च॑पादं पि॒तरं॒ द्वाद॑श्आकृतिं दि॒व आ॑हुः॒ परे॒ अर्धे॑ पुरी॒षिण॑म् ।
अथे॒मे अ॒न्य उप॑रे विचक्ष॒णं स॒प्तच॑क्रे॒ षळ॑र आहु॒रर्पि॑तम् ॥- páñcapādaṃ pitáraṃ dvā́daśākṛtiṃ divá āhuḥ páre árdhe purīṣíṇam.
áthemé anyá úpare vicakṣaṇáṃ saptácakre ṣáḷara āhurárpitam. - They call him in the farther half of heaven the Sire five-footed, of twelve forms, wealthy in watery store.
These others say that he, God with far-seeing eyes, is mounted on the lower seven-wheeled, six-spoked car.
- páñcapādaṃ pitáraṃ dvā́daśākṛtiṃ divá āhuḥ páre árdhe purīṣíṇam.
- पञ्च॑पादं पि॒तरं॒ द्वाद॑श्आकृतिं दि॒व आ॑हुः॒ परे॒ अर्धे॑ पुरी॒षिण॑म् ।
- (geometry) shape
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | आकृतिः (ākṛtiḥ) | आकृती (ākṛtī) | आकृतयः (ākṛtayaḥ) |
| vocative | आकृते (ākṛte) | आकृती (ākṛtī) | आकृतयः (ākṛtayaḥ) |
| accusative | आकृतिम् (ākṛtim) | आकृती (ākṛtī) | आकृतीः (ākṛtīḥ) |
| instrumental | आकृत्या (ākṛtyā) आकृती¹ (ākṛtī¹) |
आकृतिभ्याम् (ākṛtibhyām) | आकृतिभिः (ākṛtibhiḥ) |
| dative | आकृतये (ākṛtaye) आकृत्यै² (ākṛtyai²) आकृती¹ (ākṛtī¹) |
आकृतिभ्याम् (ākṛtibhyām) | आकृतिभ्यः (ākṛtibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | आकृतेः (ākṛteḥ) आकृत्याः² (ākṛtyāḥ²) आकृत्यै³ (ākṛtyai³) |
आकृतिभ्याम् (ākṛtibhyām) | आकृतिभ्यः (ākṛtibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | आकृतेः (ākṛteḥ) आकृत्याः² (ākṛtyāḥ²) आकृत्यै³ (ākṛtyai³) |
आकृत्योः (ākṛtyoḥ) | आकृतीनाम् (ākṛtīnām) |
| locative | आकृतौ (ākṛtau) आकृत्याम्² (ākṛtyām²) आकृता¹ (ākṛtā¹) |
आकृत्योः (ākṛtyoḥ) | आकृतिषु (ākṛtiṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Later Sanskrit
- ³Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “आकृति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 127, columns 2-3.