ਅੱਖਰ
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭 (akkhara) from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əkʰː.əɾ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -əɾ
- Hyphenation: ਅੱਖ‧ਰ
Noun
ਅੱਖਰ • (akkhar) m (Shahmukhi spelling اکّھر)
- letter (of an alphabet)
- Synonym: ਹਰਫ਼ (haraf)
- syllable
Derived terms
- ਅੱਖਰੀ (akkharī, adjective)
- ਅੱਖਰ ਕ੍ਰਮ (akkhar kram, “alphabetical order”)
- ਲਗਾਖਰ m (lagākhar, “superscript diacritic”)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “akṣára”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 2
Further reading
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਅੱਖਰ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 24.
- “ਅੱਖਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023