अलंकार
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अलंकार (alaṃkāra). Synchronically analysable as अलम् (alam) + कार (kār).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.ləŋ.kɑːɾ/, [ə.l̪ə̃ŋ.käːɾ]
Noun
अलंकार • (alaṅkār) m (Urdu spelling النکار)
- ornament, adornment, embellishment, decoration
- Synonym: सजावट (sajāvaṭ)
- (rhetoric) an ornament of sound or sense
Declension
Declension of अलंकार (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अलंकार alaṅkār |
अलंकार alaṅkār |
| oblique | अलंकार alaṅkār |
अलंकारों alaṅkārõ |
| vocative | अलंकार alaṅkār |
अलंकारो alaṅkāro |
Related terms
- अलंकृत (alaṅkŕt)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अलंकार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884), “अलंकार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- अलङ्कार (alaṅkāra)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬅᬮᬂᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
- অলংকাৰ (Assamese script)
- অলংকার (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰩𑰽𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀮𑀁𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌅𑌲𑌂𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
- અલંકાર (Gujarati script)
- ਅਲਂਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦄꦭꦁꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
- អលំការ (Khmer script)
- ಅಲಂಕಾರ (Kannada script)
- ອລໍກາຣ (Lao script)
- അലംകാര (Malayalam script)
- 𑘀𑘩𑘽𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠠ᠋ᢀ᠋ᠯᠠᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠠᢀ᠋ᠯᠠᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- အလံကာရ (Burmese script)
- 𑦠𑧉𑧞𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐮𑑄𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଅଲଂକାର (Oriya script)
- ꢂꢭꢀꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆬𑆁𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖩𑖽𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
- අලංකාර (Sinhalese script)
- అలంకార (Telugu script)
- อลํการ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ལཾ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒪𑓀𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
Noun
अलंकार • (alaṃkāra) m
- the act of decorating
- ornament, decoration
- (rhetoric) an ornament of the sense or the sound, of which there are 2 types - śabdālaṃkāra(sound) and arthālaṃkāra (sense)
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of अलंकार (alaṃkāra) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अलंकारः alaṃkāraḥ |
अलंकारौ alaṃkārau |
अलंकाराः / अलंकारासः¹ alaṃkārāḥ / alaṃkārāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | अलंकार alaṃkāra |
अलंकारौ alaṃkārau |
अलंकाराः / अलंकारासः¹ alaṃkārāḥ / alaṃkārāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | अलंकारम् alaṃkāram |
अलंकारौ alaṃkārau |
अलंकारान् alaṃkārān |
| Instrumental | अलंकारेण alaṃkāreṇa |
अलंकाराभ्याम् alaṃkārābhyām |
अलंकारैः / अलंकारेभिः¹ alaṃkāraiḥ / alaṃkārebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | अलंकाराय alaṃkārāya |
अलंकाराभ्याम् alaṃkārābhyām |
अलंकारेभ्यः alaṃkārebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | अलंकारात् alaṃkārāt |
अलंकाराभ्याम् alaṃkārābhyām |
अलंकारेभ्यः alaṃkārebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | अलंकारस्य alaṃkārasya |
अलंकारयोः alaṃkārayoḥ |
अलंकाराणाम् alaṃkārāṇām |
| Locative | अलंकारे alaṃkāre |
अलंकारयोः alaṃkārayoḥ |
अलंकारेषु alaṃkāreṣu |
| Notes |
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Derived terms
- अर्थालंकार (arthālaṃkāra)
- आलंकारिक (ālaṃkārika)
- शब्दालंकार (śabdālaṃkāra)
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “अलंकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 94.
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