অক্ষর

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Bengali

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara). Cognate with Hindi अक्षर (akṣar), Punjabi ਅੱਖਰ (akkhar)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔk.kʰɔr/, /ɔk.kʰor/, /ok.kʰor/
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Noun

অক্ষর (okkhor)

  1. a letter (of the alphabet)
    Synonym: বর্ণ (borno)
  2. (prosody) a syllable
  3. leaded type
Declension
Inflection of অক্ষর
nominative অক্ষর
okṣor
objective অক্ষর / অক্ষরকে
okṣor (semantically general or indefinite) / okṣorke (semantically definite)
genitive অক্ষরের
okṣorer
locative অক্ষরে
okṣore
Indefinite forms
nominative অক্ষর
okṣor
objective অক্ষর / অক্ষরকে
okṣor (semantically general or indefinite) / okṣorke (semantically definite)
genitive অক্ষরের
okṣorer
locative অক্ষরে
okṣore
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative অক্ষরটা , অক্ষরটি
okṣorṭa (colloquial), okṣorṭi (formal)
অক্ষরগুলা, অক্ষরগুলো
okṣorgula (colloquial), okṣorgulo (formal)
objective অক্ষরটা, অক্ষরটি
okṣorṭa (colloquial), okṣorṭi (formal)
অক্ষরগুলা, অক্ষরগুলো
okṣorgula (colloquial), okṣorgulo (formal)
genitive অক্ষরটার, অক্ষরটির
okṣorṭar (colloquial), okṣorṭir (formal)
অক্ষরগুলার, অক্ষরগুলোর
okṣorgular (colloquial), okṣorgulor (formal)
locative অক্ষরটাতে / অক্ষরটায়, অক্ষরটিতে
okṣorṭate / okṣorṭay (colloquial), okṣorṭite (formal)
অক্ষরগুলাতে / অক্ষরগুলায়, অক্ষরগুলোতে
okṣorgulate / okṣorgulay (colloquial), okṣorgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).
Derived terms
Further reading

Etymology 2

Derived from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara). Structurally, by Bahuvrīhi compound of অ- (o-) +‎ ক্ষরণ (khôrôn), or by Bengali prefixation of অ- (o-) +‎ ক্ষর (khôr).

Alternative forms

অ-ক্ষর (o-kkhor)

Pronunciation

Adjective

অক্ষর (okkhor) (comparative আরও অক্ষর, superlative সবচেয়ে অক্ষর)

  1. having no secretion/exudation
  2. stable, static