ङकार
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ঙকাৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬗᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
- ঙকার (Bengali script)
- 𑰒𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀗𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ငကာရ (Burmese script)
- ઙકાર (Gujarati script)
- ਙਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌙𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦔꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂑𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಙಕಾರ (Kannada script)
- ងការ (Khmer script)
- ງກາຣ (Lao script)
- ങകാര (Malayalam script)
- ᢛᠠᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘒𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢊᠠᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦲𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐒𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଙକାର (Odia script)
- ꢖꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆕𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖒𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ඞකාර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩠𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚎𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
- ஙகார (Tamil script)
- ఙకార (Telugu script)
- งการ (Thai script)
- ང་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒓𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨏𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
ङ (ṅa, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ŋɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
ङकार • (ṅakāra) stem, m
- The name of the Devanagari letter ङ (ṅa).
- the sound of the ङ letter, /ŋɐ/
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ङकारः (ṅakāraḥ) | ङकारौ (ṅakārau) | ङकाराः (ṅakārāḥ) |
| accusative | ङकारम् (ṅakāram) | ङकारौ (ṅakārau) | ङकारान् (ṅakārān) |
| instrumental | ङकारेन (ṅakārena) | ङकाराभ्याम् (ṅakārābhyām) | ङकारैः (ṅakāraiḥ) |
| dative | ङकाराय (ṅakārāya) | ङकाराभ्याम् (ṅakārābhyām) | ङकारेभ्यः (ṅakārebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ङकारात् (ṅakārāt) | ङकाराभ्याम् (ṅakārābhyām) | ङकारेभ्यः (ṅakārebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ङकारस्य (ṅakārasya) | ङकारयोः (ṅakārayoḥ) | ङकारानाम् (ṅakārānām) |
| locative | ङकारे (ṅakāre) | ङकारयोः (ṅakārayoḥ) | ङकारेषु (ṅakāreṣu) |
| vocative | ङकार (ṅakāra) | ङकारौ (ṅakārau) | ङकाराः (ṅakārāḥ) |
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “ङकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0380.