akkhara

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• अक्खर (Devanagari script)
• অক্খর (Bengali script)
• අක‍්ඛර (Sinhalese script)
• အက္ခရ or ဢၵ္ၶရ or ဢၵ်ၶရ (Burmese script)
• อกฺขร or อักขะระ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨠ᩠ᨡᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ອກ຺ຂຣ or ອັກຂະຣະ (Lao script)
• អក្ខរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara).

Noun

akkhara m

1. letter

Declension

Declension table of "akkhara" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	akkharo	akkharā
Accusative (second)	akkharaṃ	akkhare
Instrumental (third)	akkharena	akkharehi or akkharebhi
Dative (fourth)	akkharassa or akkharāya or akkharatthaṃ	akkharānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	akkharasmā or akkharamhā or akkharā	akkharehi or akkharebhi
Genitive (sixth)	akkharassa	akkharānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	akkharasmiṃ or akkharamhi or akkhare	akkharesu
Vocative (calling)	akkhara	akkharā

Descendants

• Burmese: အက္ခရာ (akhka.ra)
• Chakma: 𑄃𑄧𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄧𑄢𑄴 (akkhar), 𑄃𑄧𑄇𑄳𑄈𑄧𑄢𑄴 (akkhar)
• Khmer: អក្ខរៈ (ʼɑkkhɑraʼ)
• Sinhalese: අකුර (akura)
• Thai: อักขระ (àk-kà-rà)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “akkhara”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead