घुणाक्षर
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- ঘুণাক্ষৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬖᬸᬡᬵᬓ᭄ᬱᬭ (Balinese script)
- ঘুণাক্ষর (Bengali script)
- 𑰑𑰲𑰜𑰯𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀖𑀼𑀡𑀸𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ဃုဏာက္ၑရ (Burmese script)
- ઘુણાક્ષર (Gujarati script)
- ਘੁਣਾਕ੍ਸ਼ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌘𑍁𑌣𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦓꦸꦟꦴꦏ꧀ꦰꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂐𑂳𑂝𑂰𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಘುಣಾಕ್ಷರ (Kannada script)
- ឃុណាក្ឞរ (Khmer script)
- ຆຸຓາກ຺ຩຣ (Lao script)
- ഘുണാക്ഷര (Malayalam script)
- ᢚᡠᢏᠠ᠊ᠠᡬᢢᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘑𑘳𑘜𑘰𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠾᠤᢏᠠᢗᢉᢔᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦱𑧔𑦼𑧑𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐑𑐸𑐞𑐵𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଘୁଣାକ୍ଷର (Odia script)
- ꢕꢸꢠꢵꢒ꣄ꢰꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆔𑆶𑆟𑆳𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖑𑖲𑖜𑖯𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ඝුණාක්ෂර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩟𑩒𑩪𑩛𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚍𑚰𑚘𑚭𑚊𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
- கு⁴ணாக்ஷர (Tamil script)
- ఘుణాక్షర (Telugu script)
- ฆุณากฺษร (Thai script)
- གྷུ་ཎཱ་ཀྵ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒒𑒳𑒝𑒰𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨎𑨃𑨘𑨊𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From घुण (ghuṇa, “a kind of insect found in timber”) + अक्षर (akṣara, “letter”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]घुणाक्षर • (ghuṇākṣara) stem, n
- an incision in wood (or in the leaf of a book) caused by an insect and resembling somewhat the form of a letter, (Ratnâv. ii, 17/18 (Prakrit ghuṇ'akkhara), Rājat. iv, 167)
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | घुणाक्षरम् (ghuṇākṣaram) | घुणाक्षरे (ghuṇākṣare) | घुणाक्षराणि (ghuṇākṣarāṇi) |
| accusative | घुणाक्षरम् (ghuṇākṣaram) | घुणाक्षरे (ghuṇākṣare) | घुणाक्षराणि (ghuṇākṣarāṇi) |
| instrumental | घुणाक्षरेण (ghuṇākṣareṇa) | घुणाक्षराभ्याम् (ghuṇākṣarābhyām) | घुणाक्षरैः (ghuṇākṣaraiḥ) |
| dative | घुणाक्षराय (ghuṇākṣarāya) | घुणाक्षराभ्याम् (ghuṇākṣarābhyām) | घुणाक्षरेभ्यः (ghuṇākṣarebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | घुणाक्षरात् (ghuṇākṣarāt) | घुणाक्षराभ्याम् (ghuṇākṣarābhyām) | घुणाक्षरेभ्यः (ghuṇākṣarebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | घुणाक्षरस्य (ghuṇākṣarasya) | घुणाक्षरयोः (ghuṇākṣarayoḥ) | घुणाक्षराणाम् (ghuṇākṣarāṇām) |
| locative | घुणाक्षरे (ghuṇākṣare) | घुणाक्षरयोः (ghuṇākṣarayoḥ) | घुणाक्षरेषु (ghuṇākṣareṣu) |
| vocative | घुणाक्षर (ghuṇākṣara) | घुणाक्षरे (ghuṇākṣare) | घुणाक्षराणि (ghuṇākṣarāṇi) |
Derived terms
[edit]- घुणाक्षरन्याय (ghuṇākṣaranyāya)
- घुणाक्षरवत् (ghuṇākṣaravat)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899), “घुणाक्षर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 377, column 3.