अकुशल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অকুশল (Assamese script)
ᬅᬓᬸᬰᬮ (Balinese script)
অকুশল (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰎𑰲𑰫𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀓𑀼𑀰𑀮 (Brahmi script)
အကုၐလ (Burmese script)
અકુશલ (Gujarati script)
ਅਕੁਸ਼ਲ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌕𑍁𑌶𑌲 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦏꦸꦯꦭ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂍𑂳𑂬𑂪 (Kaithi script)
ಅಕುಶಲ (Kannada script)
អកុឝល (Khmer script)
ອກຸຨລ (Lao script)
അകുശല (Malayalam script)
ᠠᡬᡠᡧᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘎𑘳𑘫𑘩 (Modi script)
ᠠᢉᠤᠱᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑦮𑧔𑧋𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐎𑐸𑐱𑐮 (Newa script)
ଅକୁଶଲ (Odia script)
ꢂꢒꢸꢯꢭ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆑𑆶𑆯𑆬 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖎𑖲𑖫𑖩 (Siddham script)
අකුශල (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩜𑩒𑩿𑩽 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚊𑚰𑚧𑚥 (Takri script)
அகுஶல (Tamil script)
అకుశల (Telugu script)
อกุศล (Thai script)
ཨ་ཀུ་ཤ་ལ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒏𑒳𑒬𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨋𑨃𑨮𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

In the sense of 'evil' or 'demerit', calque of Pali akusala; by surface analysis, अ- (a-) +‎ कुशल (kuśala).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ku.ɕɐ.lɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ku.ɕɐ.l̪ɐ/

Noun

अकुशल • (akuśala) stem, n

demerit, sin, evil word

Adjective

अकुशल • (akuśala)

unhappy, inauspicious, evil, unwell

Descendants

→ Tocharian B: akuśal