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अक्षर
“perishable”
अक्षर (akṣára) is a masculine given name from Sanskrit, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Hindi, Marathi, and Sanskrit.
Hindi and Marathi and SanskritWritten in Devanagari script. In English: Akshar.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
अक्षर comes from Sanskrit, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Sanskrit क्षर्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰar-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰer-, built from Sanskrit अ- + क्षर (“perishable”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
अक्षर’s family of names
In Hindi usage, अक्षर has a conventional equivalent in the English form AKSHAR. In Marathi usage, अक्षर can be written in the Roman alphabet as akṣar. अक्षर can be written in the Roman alphabet as akṣára.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
अक्षर has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Sanskrit roots to each of them.
Sanskritwhere अक्षर comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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