cakāra
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- 𑀘𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- चकार (Devanagari script)
- চকার (Bengali script)
- චකාර (Sinhalese script)
- စကာရ or ၸၵႃရ (Burmese script)
- จการ or จะการะ (Thai script)
- ᨧᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
- ຈກາຣ or ຈະກາຣະ (Lao script)
- ចការ (Khmer script)
- 𑄌𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Possibly from Sanskrit चकार (cakāra). By surface analysis, translingual ච (the letter) + kāra (term designating a letter or sound) etc.
Noun
cakāra m
- the letter 'c'
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1] (overall work in Pali), 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:
- सब्बो ति इच्चेसो सद्दो सरे परे क्वचि चकारं पप्पोति
- Sabbo ti icceso saddo sare pare kvaci cakāraṃ pappoti.
- For all 'ti', this sound sometimes becomes 'c' before another vowel.
Declension
Declension table of "cakāra" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | cakāro | cakārā |
| Accusative (second) | cakāraṃ | cakāre |
| Instrumental (third) | cakārena | cakārehi or cakārebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | cakārassa or cakārāya or cakāratthaṃ | cakārānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | cakārasmā or cakāramhā or cakārā | cakārehi or cakārebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | cakārassa | cakārānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | cakārasmiṃ or cakāramhi or cakāre | cakāresu |
| Vocative (calling) | cakāra | cakārā |