अक्षर

Borrowed from Sanskrit अ॒क्षर॑ (akṣára), from अ- (a-) + क्षर (kṣara).

• (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.

Borrowed from Sanskrit अ॒क्षर॑ (akṣára), from अ- (a-) + क्षर (kṣara).

• IPA^(key):

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

1. letter (of an alphabet, etc.)

• Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎

Borrowed from Sanskrit अ॒क्षर॑ (akṣára), from अ- (a-) + क्षर (kṣara).

• IPA^(key): /ək.ʂəɾ/

अक्षर • (akṣar) n

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

• अखिर (akhira)

Borrowed from Sanskrit अ॒क्षर॑ (akṣára), from अ- (a-) + क्षर (kṣara).

अक्षर • (akṣara) n

1. letter, syllable

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

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

अ॒क्षर॑ • (akṣára) stem

1. imperishable, lasting
2. unalterable

अ॒क्षर॑ • (akṣára) stem, n

1. syllable
2. the syllable om
3. letter
4. vowel
5. sound
6. word
7. a name of Brahma
8. water
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.34.4:

     त्रिर्व॒र्तिर्या॑तं॒ त्रिरनु॑व्रते ज॒ने त्रिः सु॑प्रा॒व्ये॑ त्रे॒धेव॑ शिक्षतम् ।
     त्रिर्ना॒न्द्यं॑ वहतमश्विना यु॒वं त्रिः पृक्षो॑ अ॒स्मे अ॒क्षरे॑व पिन्वतम् ॥

     trírvartíryātaṃ tríránuvrate jané tríḥ suprāvyè tredhéva śikṣatam.
     trírnāndyàṃ vahatamaśvinā yuváṃ tríḥ pṛ́kṣo asmé akṣáreva pinvatam.

     • 1890 translation by Ralph T. H. Griffith

       Thrice come ye to our home, thrice to the righteous folk, thrice triply aid the man who well deserves your help. Thrice, O ye Aṣvins, bring us what shall make us glad; thrice send us store of food as nevermore to fail.

9. final beatitude, religious austerity, a sacrifice
   • Lexicographers, Various Works
10. Achyranthes aspera (prickly chaff flower, devil's horsewhip)

• अक्ष॑रा (ákṣarā, “word, speech”)

Borrowed terms

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