အက္ခရာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali akkhara, from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara). Cognate with Shan ဢႅၵ်ႉၶရႃႇ (ʼḛ̂k khǎ ràa).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အကခ'ရာ
• IPA^(key): /ʔɛʔkʰəjà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: akhka.ra • ALA-LC: ʼakkharā • BGN/PCGN: ethkăya • Okell: eʔhkăya

Noun

အက္ခရာ • (akhka.ra)

1. letter (of the alphabet)
2. 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.