आकर
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ɑː.kəɾ/, [äː.kɐɾ]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sanskrit आकर (ākara)
Noun
आकर • (ākar) m
Adjective
आकर • (ākar)
- best, excellent
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “आकर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “आकर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884), “आकर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Etymology 2
Verb
आकर • (ākar)
- conjunctive form of आना (ānā)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- আকৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬓᬭ (Balinese script)
- আকর (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰎𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀓𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- အာကရ (Burmese script)
- આકર (Gujarati script)
- ਆਕਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌕𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦏꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂍𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಕರ (Kannada script)
- អាករ (Khmer script)
- ອາກຣ (Lao script)
- ആകര (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᡬᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘎𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᢉᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑦮𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐎𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଆକର (Odia script)
- ꢃꢒꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆑𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖎𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ආකර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑩜𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚊𑚤 (Takri script)
- ஆகர (Tamil script)
- ఆకర (Telugu script)
- อากร (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་ཀ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒏𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨋𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root आकॄ (ākṝ, “to scatter over”) + -अ (-a).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑː.kɐ.ɾɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɑː.kɐ.ɾɐ/
Noun
आ॒क॒र • (ākará) stem, m
- one who scatters, i.e. distributes abundantly
- accumulation, plenty, multitude
- a mine; a rich source
- place of origin, origin
- best, excellent
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | आ॒क॒रः (ākaráḥ) | आ॒क॒रौ (ākaráu) आ॒क॒रा¹ (ākarā́¹) |
आ॒क॒राः (ākarā́ḥ) आ॒क॒रासः॑¹ (ākarā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | आ॒क॒रम् (ākarám) | आ॒क॒रौ (ākaráu) आ॒क॒रा¹ (ākarā́¹) |
आ॒क॒रान् (ākarā́n) |
| instrumental | आ॒क॒रेण॑ (ākaréṇa) | आ॒क॒राभ्या॑म् (ākarā́bhyām) | आ॒क॒रैः (ākaráiḥ) आ॒क॒रेभिः॑¹ (ākarébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | आ॒क॒राय॑ (ākarā́ya) | आ॒क॒राभ्या॑म् (ākarā́bhyām) | आ॒क॒रेभ्यः॑ (ākarébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | आ॒क॒रात् (ākarā́t) | आ॒क॒राभ्या॑म् (ākarā́bhyām) | आ॒क॒रेभ्यः॑ (ākarébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | आ॒क॒रस्य॑ (ākarásya) | आ॒क॒रयोः॑ (ākaráyoḥ) | आ॒क॒राणा॑म् (ākarā́ṇām) |
| locative | आ॒क॒रे (ākaré) | आ॒क॒रयोः॑ (ākaráyoḥ) | आ॒क॒रेषु॑ (ākaréṣu) |
| vocative | आक॑र (ā́kara) | आक॑रौ (ā́karau) आक॑रा¹ (ā́karā¹) |
आक॑राः (ā́karāḥ) आक॑रासः¹ (ā́karāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “आकर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0127, column 3.