प्राकार

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • প্ৰাকাৰ (Assamese script)
  • ᬧ᭄ᬭᬵᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
  • প্রাকার (Bengali script)
  • 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • ပြာကာရ (Burmese script)
  • પ્રાકાર (Gujarati script)
  • ਪ੍ਰਾਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
  • ꦥꦿꦴꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
  • ಪ್ರಾಕಾರ (Kannada script)
  • ប្រាការ (Khmer script)
  • ປ຺ຣາກາຣ (Lao script)
  • പ്രാകാര (Malayalam script)
  • ᢒᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
  • ᢒᠷᠠᢗᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧑𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
  • ପ୍ରାକାର (Odia script)
  • ꢦ꣄ꢬꢵꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
  • ප්‍රාකාර (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
  • ப்ராகார (Tamil script)
  • ప్రాకార (Telugu script)
  • ปฺราการ (Thai script)
  • པྲཱ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Possibly Sanskritisation of a loan from Munda (compare Santali ᱯᱟᱜᱟᱨ (pagar, “fence”)).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

प्राकार • (prākāra) stem, m

  1. a wall, enclosure, fence, rampart (especially a surrounding wall elevated on a mound of earth)
    Synonym: प्राचीर (prācīra)

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of प्राकार (prākāra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative प्राकारः
prākāraḥ		 प्राकारौ / प्राकारा¹
prākārau / prākārā¹		 प्राकाराः / प्राकारासः¹
prākārāḥ / prākārāsaḥ¹
Vocative प्राकार
prākāra		 प्राकारौ / प्राकारा¹
prākārau / prākārā¹		 प्राकाराः / प्राकारासः¹
prākārāḥ / prākārāsaḥ¹
Accusative प्राकारम्
prākāram		 प्राकारौ / प्राकारा¹
prākārau / prākārā¹		 प्राकारान्
prākārān
Instrumental प्राकारेण
prākāreṇa		 प्राकाराभ्याम्
prākārābhyām		 प्राकारैः / प्राकारेभिः¹
prākāraiḥ / prākārebhiḥ¹
Dative प्राकाराय
prākārāya		 प्राकाराभ्याम्
prākārābhyām		 प्राकारेभ्यः
prākārebhyaḥ
Ablative प्राकारात्
prākārāt		 प्राकाराभ्याम्
prākārābhyām		 प्राकारेभ्यः
prākārebhyaḥ
Genitive प्राकारस्य
prākārasya		 प्राकारयोः
prākārayoḥ		 प्राकाराणाम्
prākārāṇām
Locative प्राकारे
prākāre		 प्राकारयोः
prākārayoḥ		 प्राकारेषु
prākāreṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
  • Pali: pākāra
  • Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀓𑀸𑀭 (pākāra), 𑀧𑀸𑀕𑀸𑀭 (pāgāra), 𑀧𑀸𑀬𑀸𑀭 (pāyāra), 𑀧𑀬𑀸𑀭 (payāra), 𑀧𑀸𑀆𑀭 (pāāra), 𑀧𑀸𑀭 (pāra)

Borrowed terms

  • → Tamil: பாகார் (pākār), பிராகாரம் (pirākāram)
  • → Assamese: প্ৰাকাৰ (prakar) (learned)
  • → Bengali: প্রাকার (prakar) (learned)
  • → Hindustani: (learned)
    Hindi: प्राकार (prākār)
  • → Khmer: ប្រាការ (praakaa) (learned)
  • → Marathi: प्राकार (prākār) (learned)
  • → Odia: ପ୍ରାକାର (prakarô) (learned)
  • → Sinhalese: ප්‍රාකාරය (prākāraya) (learned)
  • → Telugu: ప్రాకారము (prākāramu) (learned)
  • → Thai: ปราการ (bpraa-gaan) (learned)

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prākāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading
  • “प्राकार” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 349, column 1.
  • The template Template:R:sa:Macdonell does not use the parameter(s): 
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  • Monier Williams (1899) “प्राकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 703/1.
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