अकस्मात्
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अकस्मात् (akasmāt).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.kəs.mɑːt̪/, [ɐ.kɐs.mäːt̪]
Audio (Delhi): (file)
Adverb
अकस्मात् • (akasmāt)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অকস্মাত্ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬓᬲ᭄ᬫᬵᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
- অকস্মাত্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰎𑰭𑰿𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀸𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- အကသ္မာတ် (Burmese script)
- અકસ્માત્ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਕਸ੍ਮਾਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦏꦱ꧀ꦩꦴꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂍𑂮𑂹𑂧𑂰𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಕಸ್ಮಾತ್ (Kannada script)
- អកស្មាត៑ (Khmer script)
- ອກສ຺ມາຕ຺ (Lao script)
- അകസ്മാത് (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡬᠠᠰ᠌ᠮᠠ᠊ᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘎𑘭𑘿𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢉᠠᠰᠮᠠᢗᢐ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦮𑧍𑧠𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐎𑐳𑑂𑐩𑐵𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଅକସ୍ମାତ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢒꢱ꣄ꢪꢵꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆑𑆱𑇀𑆩𑆳𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖎𑖭𑖿𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
- අකස්මාත් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩜𑪁 𑪙𑩴𑩛𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚊𑚨𑚶𑚢𑚭𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
- அகஸ்மாத் (Tamil script)
- అకస్మాత్ (Telugu script)
- อกสฺมาตฺ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཀ་སྨཱ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒏𑒮𑓂𑒧𑒰𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨋𑨰𑩇𑨢𑨊𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From अ- (a-) + कस्मात् (kasmāt), literally “without a why”.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.kɐs.mɑːt/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.kɐs̪.mɑːt̪/
Adverb
अकस्मात् • (akasmāt)
- without apparent cause; suddenly; accidentally
Descendants
- → Hindi: अकस्मात् (akasmāt) (learned)
References
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “अकस्मात्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 1
- Monier Williams (1899), “अकस्मात्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 2, column 1.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “akasmāt”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.