उकार

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit उकार (ukāra). By surface analysis, translingual (the letter) + kāra (term designating a letter or sound) etc.

Noun

उकार m

  1. Devanagari script form of ukāra (“the letter 'u'”)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar], page 11; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      ओकारुकारानं अन्‍तभूतानं सरे परे क्वचि वकारादेसो होति।
      Okārukārānaṃ antabhūtānaṃ sare pare kvaci vakārādeso hoti.
      Final 'o' and 'u' are sometimes changed to 'v' before another vowel.

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