# नकार
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नकार (nakāra).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /nə.kɑːɾ/, [nɐ.käːɾ]

### Noun

नकार • (nakār) m
* (linguistics) the letter or the sound of न (na)
* denial, declining, refusal, rejection, disapproving
    Synonyms: अस्वीकार (asvīkār), इनकार (inkār), मना (manā)
** 2019, Praveen Kumar Anshuman, Ravi Prakash Chaubey, मानुष जागत नाहीं [mānuṣ jāgat nāhī̃, Man doesn't wake]‎, Diamond Pocket Books, →ISBN:पुराने मूल्य का नकार नई आस्था और विश्वास की शुरुआत होता है।purāne mūlya kā nakār naī āsthā aur viśvās kī śuruāt hotā hai.The rejection of old values is the beginning of a new belief and faith.

#### Derived terms

* नकारना (nakārnā)
* नकारवाद (nakārvād)
* नकारात्मक (nakārātmak)

### References

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नकार”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2507
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नकार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 539
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “नकार”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 347
* Platts, John T. (1884) “नकार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1147

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नकार (nakāra).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nə.kaɾ/

### Noun

नकार • (nakār) m
* (linguistics) the letter or the sound of न (na)
* refusal, denial, rejection
    Antonym: होकार (hokār)

#### Derived terms

* नकारणी (nakārṇī)
* नकारणे (nakārṇe)
* नकारात्मक (nakārātmak)
* नकारार्थी (nakārārthī)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नकार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 447
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* নকাৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬦᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
* নকার (Bengali script)
* 𑰡𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀦𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* နကာရ (Burmese script)
* નકાર (Gujarati script)
* ਨਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌨𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦤꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂢𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ನಕಾರ (Kannada script)
* នការ (Khmer script)
* ນກາຣ (Lao script)
* നകാര (Malayalam script)
* ᠨᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘡𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠨᠠᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧁𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐣𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
* ନକାର (Odia script)
* ꢥꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆤𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖡𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
* නකාර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩯𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚝𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
* நகார (Tamil script)
* నకార (Telugu script)
* นการ (Thai script)
* ན་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒢𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨝𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From न (na, “Devanagari letter न (na); no”) +‎ कार (kāra, “act; sound, expression”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /nɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /n̪ɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/

### Noun

नकार • (nakāra) stem, m
* (linguistics) the letter or the sound of न (na)
* the expression न (na, “no”); negation, declining, refusal, rejection, denial, disapproving
** Subhāṣita :मौनं कालविलम्बश् च प्रयाणं भूमिदर्शनम्‌ । भ्रूकुट्य् अन्यमुखी वार्त्ता नकारः षड्विधः स्मृतः ॥maunaṃ kālavilambaś ca prayāṇaṃ bhūmidarśanam‌. bhrūkuṭy anyamukhī vārttā nakāraḥ ṣaḍvidhaḥ smṛtaḥ.Silence, delaying, going away, looking at the ground, frowning and digressing are six ways of declining.

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “नकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 523.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “nakāra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.