अक्षर

Borrowed from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ək.ʂəɾ/,
• Hyphenation: अ‧क्ष‧र

अक्षर • (akṣar) m (Urdu spelling اکشر)

1. letter, character (of an alphabet)

   इस शब्द से कुछ अक्षर मिट गये हैं

   is śabd se kuch akṣar miṭ gaye ha͠i

   Some letters have been erased from this word.

2. syllable

   इस शब्द को और अक्षर जोड़ो

   is śabd ko aur akṣar joṛo

   Add more letters/syllables to this word.

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “अक्षर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara).

• IPA^(key):

अक्षर • (akṣar) n (Latin script okxor, Kannada script ಅಕ್ಷರ್)

1. letter (of an alphabet, etc.)

• Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎

Borrowed from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara).

• IPA^(key): /ək.ʂəɾ/

अक्षर • (akṣar) n

1. (grammar) letter, character (of an alphabet)

• अखिर (akhira)

Borrowed from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara).

अक्षर • (akṣara) n

1. letter, syllable

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐk.ʂɐ́.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐk.ʂɐ.ɾɐ/

From अ- (a-) +‎ क्षर (kṣara, “perishable”).

अक्षर • (akṣara)

1. imperishable
2. unalterable

अक्षर • (akṣára) stem, n

1. syllable
2. the syllable om
3. letter
4. vowel
5. sound
6. word
7. a name of Brahma
8. water
9. final beatitude, religious austerity, a sacrifice (lexicography)
10. Achyranthes aspera (prickly chaff flower, devil's horsewhip)

From a root क्षर् (kṣar, “to flow, melt, perish”), from which a feminine अक्षरा (akṣarā) appears in the Rigveda with a meaning of "word" or "speech".

अक्षर • (akṣara) stem, m

1. sword (lexicography)
2. Siva (lexicography)
3. Vishnu (lexicography)

• Monier Williams (1899) “अक्षर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 003.