कारागार

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit कारागार (kārāgārá).

Noun

कारागार • (kārāgār) m (Urdu spelling کاراگار)

prison, jail, a place of confinement
Synonyms: बन्दीघर (bandīghar), क़ैदख़ाना (qaidxānā), जेल (jel)

कारागार में कई कोठरियाँ होती हैं
kārāgār mẽ kaī koṭhriyā̃ hotī ha͠i
There are many cells in a prison

Declension

Declension of *कारागार* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	कारागार kārāgār	कारागार kārāgār
oblique	कारागार kārāgār	कारागारों kārāgārõ
vocative	कारागार kārāgār	कारागारो kārāgāro

References

John T. Platts (20 August 2012 (last accessed)), “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

কাৰাগাৰ (Assamese script)
ᬓᬵᬭᬵᬕᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
কারাগার (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰯𑰨𑰯𑰐𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀕𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
ကာရာဂါရ (Burmese script)
કારાગાર (Gujarati script)
ਕਾਰਾਗਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌗𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦴꦫꦴꦒꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂰𑂩𑂰𑂏𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಕಾರಾಗಾರ (Kannada script)
ការាគារ (Khmer script)
ກາຣາຄາຣ (Lao script)
കാരാഗാര (Malayalam script)
ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘰𑘨𑘰𑘐𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
ᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠᢗᠺᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧑𑧈𑧑𑦰𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐵𑐬𑐵𑐐𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
କାରାଗାର (Odia script)
ꢒꢵꢬꢵꢔꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆳𑆫𑆳𑆓𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖯𑖨𑖯𑖐𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
කාරාගාර (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩛𑩼𑩛𑩞𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚭𑚤𑚭𑚌𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
காராக³ார (Tamil script)
కారాగార (Telugu script)
การาคาร (Thai script)
ཀཱ་རཱ་གཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒰𑒩𑒰𑒑𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨊𑨫𑨊𑨍𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compounded from कारा (kārā, “imprisonment”) +‎ आगार (āgāra, “place”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑː.ɾɑː.ɡɑː.ɾɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɑː.ɾɑː.ɡɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

कारागार • (kārāgārá) stem, n

prisonhouse, jail

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of कारागार
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	कारागारम् (kārāgāram)	कारागारे (kārāgāre)	कारागाराणि (kārāgārāṇi) कारागारा¹ (kārāgārā¹)
accusative	कारागारम् (kārāgāram)	कारागारे (kārāgāre)	कारागाराणि (kārāgārāṇi) कारागारा¹ (kārāgārā¹)
instrumental	कारागारेण (kārāgāreṇa)	कारागाराभ्याम् (kārāgārābhyām)	कारागारैः (kārāgāraiḥ) कारागारेभिः¹ (kārāgārebhiḥ¹)
dative	कारागाराय (kārāgārāya)	कारागाराभ्याम् (kārāgārābhyām)	कारागारेभ्यः (kārāgārebhyaḥ)
ablative	कारागारात् (kārāgārāt)	कारागाराभ्याम् (kārāgārābhyām)	कारागारेभ्यः (kārāgārebhyaḥ)
genitive	कारागारस्य (kārāgārasya)	कारागारयोः (kārāgārayoḥ)	कारागाराणाम् (kārāgārāṇām)
locative	कारागारे (kārāgāre)	कारागारयोः (kārāgārayoḥ)	कारागारेषु (kārāgāreṣu)
vocative	कारागार (kārāgāra)	कारागारे (kārāgāre)	कारागाराणि (kārāgārāṇi) कारागारा¹ (kārāgārā¹)

¹Vedic

Descendants

→ Bengali: কারাগার (karagar)
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: कारागार (kārāgār)
- Urdu: کاراگار (kārāgār)
→ Telugu: కారాగారము (kārāgāramu)