vakāra
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀯𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- वकार (Devanagari script)
- ৰকার (Bengali script)
- වකාර (Sinhalese script)
- ဝကာရ or ဝၵႃရ (Burmese script)
- วการ or วะการะ (Thai script)
- ᩅᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
- ວກາຣ or ວະກາຣະ (Lao script)
- វការ (Khmer script)
- 𑅇𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Possibly from Sanskrit वकार (vakāra). By surface analysis, translingual ව (the letter) + kāra (term designating a letter or sound) etc.
Noun
vakāra m
- The letter 'v'
- 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.
Declension
Declension table of "vakāra" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | vakāro | vakārā |
| Accusative (second) | vakāraṃ | vakāre |
| Instrumental (third) | vakārena | vakārehi or vakārebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | vakārassa or vakārāya or vakāratthaṃ | vakārānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | vakārasmā or vakāramhā or vakārā | vakārehi or vakārebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | vakārassa | vakārānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | vakārasmiṃ or vakāramhi or vakāre | vakāresu |
| Vocative (calling) | vakāra | vakārā |
Synonyms
- va (“letter 'v'”)
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