अहंकार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहंकार (ahaṃkāra).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eː.ɦeːŋ.kɑːɾ/

Noun

अहंकार • (ahaṅkār) m

  1. pride, egoism, arrogance

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहंकार (ahaṃkāra).

Noun

अहंकार (transliteration needed) m

  1. pride

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms

Noun

अहंकार m

  1. egotism, arrogance, ahamkara

Declension
Declension table of "अहंकार" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)अहंकारोअहंकारा
Accusative (second)अहंकारंअहंकारे
Instrumental (third)अहंकारेनअहंकारेहि or अहंकारेभि
Dative (fourth)अहंकारस्स or अहंकाराय or अहंकारत्थंअहंकारानं
Ablative (fifth)अहंकारस्मा or अहंकारम्हा or अहंकाराअहंकारेहि or अहंकारेभि
Genitive (sixth)अहंकारस्सअहंकारानं
Locative (seventh)अहंकारस्मिं or अहंकारम्हि or अहंकारेअहंकारेसु
Vocative (calling)अहंकारअहंकारा

Sanskrit

Noun

अहंकार • (ahaṃkāra) m

  1. conception of one's individuality, self-consciousness.
  2. the making of self, thinking of self, egotism.
  3. pride, haughtiness.
  4. (philosophy) the third of the eight producers or sources of creation, viz. the conceit or conception of individuality, individualization.

References
  • Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.
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