अक्षर

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara).

Noun

अक्षर • (akṣar) m, Urdu spelling اکشر

1. letter, character (of an alphabet)

   इस शब्द से कुछ अक्षर मिट गये हैं।

   Some letters have been erased from this word.

2. syllable

   इस शब्द को और अक्षर जोड़ो।

   Add more letters/syllables to this word.

Declension

declension of अक्षर

	singular		plural
direct	अक्षर (akṣar)		अक्षर (akṣar)
indirect	अक्षर (akṣar)		अक्षरों (akṣarõ)
vocative	अक्षर (akṣar)		अक्षरो (akṣaro)

Derived terms

• अक्षरगणित (akṣar-gaṇit, “algebra”)

References

• अक्षर in Bahri, Hardev (1989), Learners' Hindi-English dictionary (Delhi: Rajpal & Sons)

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Sanskrit

Etymology 1

Adjective

अक्षर (akṣara)

1. imperishable
2. unalterable

Noun

अक्षर (akṣara) 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 (devil's horsewhip)

Descendants

Bengali: অক্ষর (ôkshôr) Burmese: အက္ခရာ (et-hkăya) Gujarati: અક્ષર (akṣar) Hindi: अक्षर (akṣar) Indonesian: aksara Malay: aksara Marathi: अक्षर (akṣar)

Nepali: अक्षर (akṣar) Punjabi: ਅੱਖਰ (akkhar) / اکھر (akkhar) Rajasthani: अखर (akhar), आखर (ākhar), अच्छर (acchar) Sinhalese: අකුර (akura) Telugu: అక్షరము (akṣaramu), అక్షరం (akṣaraṁ) Thai: อักษร (àksŏn), อักขระ (àkkàrà) Urdu: اکشر (akṣar)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

अक्षर (akṣara) m

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

References

• Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 3