मकर

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit मकर (makara). Cognate with Marathi मकर (makar).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mə.kəɾ/, [mɐ.kɐɾ]

Noun

मकर • (makar) m (Urdu spelling مکر)

  1. a sea monster
  2. a crocodile

Declension
Declension of मकर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct मकर
makar		 मकर
makar
oblique मकर
makar		 मकरों
makarõ
vocative मकर
makar		 मकरो
makaro

Proper noun

मकर • (makar) m (Urdu spelling مکر)

  1. (astronomy) Capricornus
  2. (astrology) Capricorn

See also
Zodiac signs in Hindi · राशियाँ (layout · text)
मेष (meṣ) वृष (vŕṣ) मिथुन (mithun) कर्क (kark)
सिंह (sĩh) कन्या (kanyā) तुला (tulā) वृश्चिक (vŕścik)
धनु (dhanu) मकर (makar) कुंभ (kumbh) मीना (mīnā)

References

Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit मकर (makara). Cognate with Hindi मकर (makar).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mə.kəɾ/

Proper noun

मकर • (makar) m

  1. (astronomy) Capricornus
  2. (astrology) Capricorn

See also
Zodiac signs in Marathi · राशी (rāśī) (layout · text)
मेष (meṣ) वृषभ (vŕṣabh) मिथुन (mithun) कर्क (karka)
सिंह (siuha) कन्या (kanyā) तूळ (tūḷ) वृश्चिक (vŕścik)
धनु (dhanu) मकर (makar) कुंभ (kumbha) मीन (mīn)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • মকৰ (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬓᬭ (Balinese script)
  • মকর (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰎𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀓𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • မကရ (Burmese script)
  • મકર (Gujarati script)
  • ਮਕਰ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑌕𑌰 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦏꦫ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂍𑂩 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮಕರ (Kannada script)
  • មករ (Khmer script)
  • ມກຣ (Lao script)
  • മകര (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᠠᡬᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘎𑘨 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠠᢉᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑦮𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐎𑐬 (Newa script)
  • ମକର (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢒꢬ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆑𑆫 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖎𑖨 (Siddham script)
  • මකර (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴𑩜𑩼 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚊𑚤 (Takri script)
  • மகர (Tamil script)
  • మకర (Telugu script)
  • มกร (Thai script)
  • མ་ཀ་ར (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒏𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨋𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Likely a borrowing, along with नक्र (nakra, “Scorpio; alligator; sea monster”), to which it may be related, from a non-Indo-European source, perhaps Dravidian. Attempts to connect the word with fish names in Hellenic and Baltic, as well as with Old Church Slavonic мокръ (mokrŭ, “wet”), are unconvincing.

Pronunciation

Noun

मकर • (mákara) stem, m

  1. a kind of sea-monster (sometimes confounded with the crocodile, shark, dolphin)
  2. (astrology, astronomy) name of the 10th sign of the zodiac (Capricornus)
  3. the 10th arc of 30 degrees in any circle L.
  4. an army of troops in the form of a मकर Mn. vii, 187
  5. an earring shaped like a मकर BhP. (Cf. मकर-कुण्डल)
  6. the hands folded in the form of a मकर Cat.
  7. one of the 9 treasures of Kubera
  8. one of the 8 magical treasures called पद्मिनी

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of मकर (mákara)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मकरः
mákaraḥ		 मकरौ / मकरा¹
mákarau / mákarā¹		 मकराः / मकरासः¹
mákarāḥ / mákarāsaḥ¹
Vocative मकर
mákara		 मकरौ / मकरा¹
mákarau / mákarā¹		 मकराः / मकरासः¹
mákarāḥ / mákarāsaḥ¹
Accusative मकरम्
mákaram		 मकरौ / मकरा¹
mákarau / mákarā¹		 मकरान्
mákarān
Instrumental मकरेण
mákareṇa		 मकराभ्याम्
mákarābhyām		 मकरैः / मकरेभिः¹
mákaraiḥ / mákarebhiḥ¹
Dative मकराय
mákarāya		 मकराभ्याम्
mákarābhyām		 मकरेभ्यः
mákarebhyaḥ
Ablative मकरात्
mákarāt		 मकराभ्याम्
mákarābhyām		 मकरेभ्यः
mákarebhyaḥ
Genitive मकरस्य
mákarasya		 मकरयोः
mákarayoḥ		 मकराणाम्
mákarāṇām
Locative मकरे
mákare		 मकरयोः
mákarayoḥ		 मकरेषु
mákareṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

See also
Zodiac signs in Sanskrit (layout · text)
मेष (meṣa) ऋषभ (ṛṣabha) मिथुन (mithuna) कर्कटक (karkaṭaka)
सिंह (siṃha) कन्या (kanyā) तुला (tulā) वृश्चिक (vṛścika)
धनु (dhanu) मकर (makara) कुम्भ (kumbha) मीन (mīna)

References
  • Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मकरः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
  • Monier Williams (1899) “मकर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 771/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “MAḾH- - mákara-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 286
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) “makamakāyate— mákarah”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 539-540
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