आगार
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आगार (āgāra).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ɑː.ɡɑːɾ/, [äː.ɡäːɾ]
Noun
आगार • (āgār) m (Urdu spelling آگار)
- dwelling, house
- building or premises devoted to a particular purpose
- hall, chamber
- receptacle, store
- treasury
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | आगार āgār |
आगार āgār |
| oblique | आगार āgār |
आगारों āgārõ |
| vocative | आगार āgār |
आगारो āgāro |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “आगार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884), “आगार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- আগাৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬕᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
- আগার (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰐𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀕𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- အာဂါရ (Burmese script)
- આગાર (Gujarati script)
- ਆਗਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌗𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦒꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂏𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಗಾರ (Kannada script)
- អាគារ (Khmer script)
- ອາຄາຣ (Lao script)
- ആഗാര (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᡤᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘐𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᠺᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑦰𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐐𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଆଗାର (Odia script)
- ꢃꢔꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆓𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖐𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ආගාර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑩞𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚌𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
- ஆக³ார (Tamil script)
- ఆగార (Telugu script)
- อาคาร (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་གཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒑𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨍𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. आगार (āgāra) was probably the original form, while अगार (agāra) was secondary. Has been taken to be from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to gather”); compare ग्राम (grāma, “village”), Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́, “assembly, market”)).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑː.ɡɑː.ɾɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɑː.ɡɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
आ॒गा॒र • (āgārá) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | आ॒गा॒रम् (āgārám) | आ॒गा॒रे (āgāré) | आ॒गा॒राणि॑ (āgārā́ṇi) आ॒गा॒रा¹ (āgārā́¹) |
| accusative | आ॒गा॒रम् (āgārám) | आ॒गा॒रे (āgāré) | आ॒गा॒राणि॑ (āgārā́ṇi) आ॒गा॒रा¹ (āgārā́¹) |
| instrumental | आ॒गा॒रेण॑ (āgāréṇa) | आ॒गा॒राभ्या॑म् (āgārā́bhyām) | आ॒गा॒रैः (āgāráiḥ) आ॒गा॒रेभिः॑¹ (āgārébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | आ॒गा॒राय॑ (āgārā́ya) | आ॒गा॒राभ्या॑म् (āgārā́bhyām) | आ॒गा॒रेभ्यः॑ (āgārébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | आ॒गा॒रात् (āgārā́t) | आ॒गा॒राभ्या॑म् (āgārā́bhyām) | आ॒गा॒रेभ्यः॑ (āgārébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | आ॒गा॒रस्य॑ (āgārásya) | आ॒गा॒रयोः॑ (āgāráyoḥ) | आ॒गा॒राणा॑म् (āgārā́ṇām) |
| locative | आ॒गा॒रे (āgāré) | आ॒गा॒रयोः॑ (āgāráyoḥ) | आ॒गा॒रेषु॑ (āgāréṣu) |
| vocative | आगा॑र (ā́gāra) | आगा॑रे (ā́gāre) | आगा॑राणि (ā́gārāṇi) आगा॑रा¹ (ā́gārā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “āgārá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 159
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “आगार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 130, column 1.