akāra

See also: akara, ākara, and ākāra

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀅𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • अकार (Devanagari script)
  • অকার (Bengali script)
  • අකාර (Sinhalese script)
  • အကာရ or ဢၵႃရ (Burmese script)
  • อการ or อะการะ (Thai script)
  • ᩋᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອກາຣ or ອະກາຣະ (Lao script)
  • អការ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit अकार (akāra). By surface analysis, අ (a, the letter) +‎ kāra (term designating a letter or sound) etc.

Noun

akāra m

  1. the letter 'a'

Declension
Declension table of "akāra" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)akāroakārā
Accusative (second)akāraṃakāre
Instrumental (third)akārenaakārehi or akārebhi
Dative (fourth)akārassa or akārāya or akāratthaṃakārānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)akārasmā or akāramhā or akārāakārehi or akārebhi
Genitive (sixth)akārassaakārānaṃ
Locative (seventh)akārasmiṃ or akāramhi or akāreakāresu
Vocative (calling)akāraakārā

References

Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli Language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875.

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