akkhara

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • अक्खर (Devanagari script)
  • অক্খর (Bengali script)
  • අක‍්ඛර (Sinhalese script)
  • အက္ခရ or ဢၵ္ၶရ or ဢၵ်ၶရ (Burmese script)
  • อกฺขร or อักขะระ (Thai script)
  • ᩋᨠ᩠ᨡᩁ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອກ຺ຂຣ or ອັກຂະຣະ (Lao script)
  • អក្ខរ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara).

Noun

akkhara m

  1. letter

Declension

Declension table of "akkhara" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)akkharoakkharā
Accusative (second)akkharaṃakkhare
Instrumental (third)akkharenaakkharehi or akkharebhi
Dative (fourth)akkharassa or akkharāya or akkharatthaṃakkharānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)akkharasmā or akkharamhā or akkharāakkharehi or akkharebhi
Genitive (sixth)akkharassaakkharānaṃ
Locative (seventh)akkharasmiṃ or akkharamhi or akkhareakkharesu
Vocative (calling)akkharaakkharā

Descendants

  • Burmese: အက္ခရာ (akhka.ra)
  • Chakma: 𑄃𑄧𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄧𑄢𑄴 (akkhar), 𑄃𑄧𑄇𑄳𑄈𑄧𑄢𑄴 (akkhar)
  • Khmer: អក្ខរៈ (ʼɑkkhɑraʼ)
  • Shan: ဢႅၵ်ႉၶရႃႇ (ʼḛ̂k khǎ ràa)
  • Sinhalese: අකුර (akura)
  • Thai: อักขระ (àk-kà-rà)

References

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “akkhara”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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