संकर
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সংকৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬂᬓᬭ (Balinese script)
- সংকর (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰽𑰎𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀁𑀓𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- သံကရ (Burmese script)
- સંકર (Gujarati script)
- ਸਂਕਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌂𑌕𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦁꦏꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂁𑂍𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಂಕರ (Kannada script)
- សំករ (Khmer script)
- ສໍກຣ (Lao script)
- സംകര (Malayalam script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᡬᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘽𑘎𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᢉᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧞𑦮𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑄𑐎𑐬 (Newa script)
- ସଂକର (Odia script)
- ꢱꢀꢒꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆁𑆑𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖽𑖎𑖨 (Siddham script)
- සංකර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑪖𑩜𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚫𑚊𑚤 (Takri script)
- ஸஂகர (Tamil script)
- సంకర (Telugu script)
- สํกร (Thai script)
- སཾ་ཀ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓀𑒏𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨸𑨋𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From सम्- (sam-) + कर (kara).
Noun
संकर • (saṃkara) stem, m
- mixing together, commingling, intermixture confusion (esp. of castes or races, proceeding from the intermarriage of a man with a woman of a higher caste or from the promiscuous intercourse of the four tribes, and again from the indiscriminate cohabitation of their descendants)
- the offspring of a mixed marriage
- any action similar to the intermixture of castes
- (rhetoric) the confusion or blending together of metaphors which ought to be kept distinct
- anything that may be defiled by the touch of any unclean thing
Descendants
- Telugu: సంకరము (saṅkaramu)