kakāra

See also: kakara

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ककार (Devanagari script)
• ককার (Bengali script)
• කකාර (Sinhalese script)
• ကကာရ or ၵၵႃရ (Burmese script)
• กการ or กะการะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ກກາຣ or ກະກາຣະ (Lao script)
• កការ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit ककार (kakāra). By surface analysis, translingual ක (ka, “letter”) +‎ kāra (“letter or sound”) etc.

Noun

kakāra m

1. the letter 'k'

Declension

Declension table of "kakāra" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kakāro	kakārā
Accusative (second)	kakāraṃ	kakāre
Instrumental (third)	kakārena	kakārehi or kakārebhi
Dative (fourth)	kakārassa or kakārāya or kakāratthaṃ	kakārānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kakārasmā or kakāramhā or kakārā	kakārehi or kakārebhi
Genitive (sixth)	kakārassa	kakārānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kakārasmiṃ or kakāramhi or kakāre	kakāresu
Vocative (calling)	kakāra	kakārā

Synonyms

• ka

References

Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli Language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875.