aksara
Baduy
Etymology
Ultimately from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara)
Noun
aksara (Sundanese script ᮃᮊ᮪ᮞᮛ)
Balinese
Etymology
From Old Javanese akṣara, from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara, “syllable, letter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak.sa.rə/
Noun
aksara (Balinese script ᬅᬓ᭄ᬱᬭ)
Further reading
- “aksara” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay aksara, from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara, “syllable, letter”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /akˈsara/ [ak̚ˈsa.ra]
- Rhymes: -ara
- Syllabification: ak‧sa‧ra
Noun
aksara (plural aksara-aksara)
- character, script
- aksara Tionghoa ― Chinese characters
- aksara Sunda ― Sundanese script
- (of a writing system) synonym of huruf (“letter”)
Derived terms
- beraksara (“having a script”)
- keaksaraan
- keberaksaraan
- keniraksaraan (“scriptlessness”)
- niraksara (“scriptless”)
- niraksarawan (“illiterate person”)
Further reading
- “aksara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Romanization
aksara
- romanization of ꦲꦏ꧀ꦱꦫ
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara, “alphabet”).
Noun
aksara (Jawi spelling اکسارا, plural aksara-aksara)
- character, script
- aksara Kawi
- Kawi script
- (computing, typography) character
- synonym of huruf (“letter”)
Descendants
- Indonesian: aksara
Further reading
- “aksara” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Sundanese
Etymology
Ultimately from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara)
Noun
aksara (Sundanese script ᮃᮊ᮪ᮞᮛ)