ञकार
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit ञकार (ñakāra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jʌ̃kär]
- Phonetic Devanagari: यँकार्
Noun
ञकार • (ñakār)
- The name of the Devanagari letter ञ (ña).
References
- “ञकार”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary][1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ঞকাৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬜᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
- ঞকার (Bengali script)
- 𑰗𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀜𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ဉကာရ (Burmese script)
- ઞકાર (Gujarati script)
- ਞਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌞𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦚꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂖𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಞಕಾರ (Kannada script)
- ញការ (Khmer script)
- ຎກາຣ (Lao script)
- ഞകാര (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᡳᠶᠠᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘗𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᡛᠠᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦷𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐘𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଞକାର (Odia script)
- ꢛꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆚𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖗𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ඤකාර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩥𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚓𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
- ஞகார (Tamil script)
- ఞకార (Telugu script)
- ญการ (Thai script)
- ཉ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒘𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨓𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
ञ (ña, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɲɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
ञकार • (ñakāra) stem, m
- The name of the Devanagari letter ञ (ña).
- the sound of the ञ letter, /ɲɐ/
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ञकारः (ñakāraḥ) | ञकारौ (ñakārau) | ञकाराः (ñakārāḥ) |
| accusative | ञकारम् (ñakāram) | ञकारौ (ñakārau) | ञकारान् (ñakārān) |
| instrumental | ञकारेन (ñakārena) | ञकाराभ्याम् (ñakārābhyām) | ञकारैः (ñakāraiḥ) |
| dative | ञकाराय (ñakārāya) | ञकाराभ्याम् (ñakārābhyām) | ञकारेभ्यः (ñakārebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ञकारात् (ñakārāt) | ञकाराभ्याम् (ñakārābhyām) | ञकारेभ्यः (ñakārebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ञकारस्य (ñakārasya) | ञकारयोः (ñakārayoḥ) | ञकारानाम् (ñakārānām) |
| locative | ञकारे (ñakāre) | ञकारयोः (ñakārayoḥ) | ञकारेषु (ñakāreṣu) |
| vocative | ञकार (ñakāra) | ञकारौ (ñakārau) | ञकाराः (ñakārāḥ) |
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
palatal letters and sounds
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “ञकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0429.