အက္ခရာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali akkhara, from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara). Cognate with Burmese ဢႅၵ်ႉၶရႃႇ.

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: အကခ'ရာ

IPA^(key): /ʔɛʔkʰəjà/

Romanization: MLCTS: akhka.ra • ALA-LC: ʼakkharā • BGN/PCGN: ethkăya • Okell: eʔhkăya

Noun

အက္ခရာ • (akhka.ra)

letter (of the alphabet)
alphabet (ordered set of letters used in a language)

Derived terms

အက္ခရာသင်္ချာ (akhka.rasanghkya)

References

“အက္ခရာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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