अकार (akAra)

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Capeller Eng

English

 अकार m.
  the sound or letter अ.

Apte

English

अकार [akāra],  a.
  [करोतीति कारः कृ-घञ् अण् वा न. त.] Not doing or acting,  void of action (क्रियारहित). -रः The letter अः अक्षराणामकारो$स्मि Bg.*
  1.33.

Apte 1890

English

 अकार a. [करोतीति कारः कृ-घञ् अण् वा न. त.] Not doing or acting,  void of action (क्रियारहित). 
रः The letter अ
 अक्षराणामकारोस्मि Bg. 10. 33. 

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Monier Williams Cologne

English

 अ—कार m.
  the letter or sound अ.

Macdonell

English

 अकार a-kāra,  m.
  the sound or letter ă.

Goldstucker

English

 अकार m. (-रः) The letter अ. E. Acc. to the native etym. अ, 
kṛt aff. कार (v. s. v.).

Shabdartha Kaustubha

Kannada

अकार
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > “ಅ” ವರ್ಣ / ವರ್ಣಮಾಲೆಯ ಮೊದಲನೆಯ ಅಕ್ಷರ.
विस्तारः - > [ವಿವರಕ್ಕೆ अ ಮತ್ತು आ ಪದಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ.]
अकार
पदविभागः - > विशेष्यनिघ्नम्
कन्नडार्थः - > ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡದಿರುವ
व्युत्पत्तिः - > कारः क्रिया । नास्ति कारो यस्य ।

Bopp

Latin

 अकार m. (ex अ sonus a et कार faciens) littera a. BH. 10.
33. (v. gr. 4.).

Lanman

English

 a-kāra,  m. the sound or letter a. [Whitney, 
 18.]

Abhyankara Grammar

English

अ:कार  name given to the nom. case in the Taittiriya Prātiśākhya. cf अ:कार इति प्रथमाविभक्तेरुपलक्षणम् T. Pr. I. 23.

अकार  the letter a,  (अ) inclusive of all its eighteen kinds caused by shortness,  length,  protraction,  accentuation and nasalization in Pānini's grammar,  in cases where a(अ) is not actually prescribed as a termination or an augment or a substitute. cf. अणुदित्सवर्णस्य चाप्रत्ययः P. I.1.73. The letter is generally given as the first letter of the alphabet ( वर्णसमाम्नाय ) in all Prātiśākhya and grammar works except in the alphabet termed Varṇopadeśa,  as mentioned in the Ṛk Tantra cf. ए ओ ऐ औ अा ॠ लॄ ई ऊ ऋ लृ इ उ अाः । रयवलाः । ङञणनमाः । अः ೱ क ೱ पाः । हुं कुं खुं गुं घुं अं अां एवमुपदेशे etc. R. T.I. 4.

Sanskrit Tibetan

Tibetan

a yig
अकार / स्वर

Mahabharata

English

Akāra (“the letter a”): VI,  1237 (aksharāṇām akāro 'smi,  says Kṛshṇa about himself).

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 अकार पु०
  अ + स्वरूपार्थे कार । अस्वरूपे वर्णे एवमिकारा-दयोऽपि तत्तद्वर्णस्वरूपेषु । कारः करणंन०  ब० । क्रिया-रहिते त्रि०
  ।

Capeller

German

 अकार m.
  der Laut a.

Burnouf

French

 अकार अकार m.
  la lettre अ।

Stchoupak

French

 अ-कार-
 m.
  la lettre अ।

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