اکثر

See also: أكثر, أكبر, اكثر, اكبر, and اکبر

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔak.saɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.säɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.säɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.säɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.säɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔækʲ.sæɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.säɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	aksar
Dari reading?	aksar
Iranian reading?	aksar
Tajik reading?	aksar

Adjective

اکثر • (aksar)

1. more, most (numerous)

   Synonym: بیشتر (bêštar)

2. mostly, chiefly
3. usually, often, frequently

Derived terms

• اکثرا (aksaran)
• اکثریت (aksariyyat)

 

Descendants

• → Bengali: আকসার (akśar)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: अक्सर (aksar)

  Urdu: اَکْثَر (aksar)

  • → Phalura: aksár

Further reading

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “اکثر”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 32
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “اکثر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “اکثر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “اکثر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَکْثَر (aksar), from Arabic أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ək.səɾ/

Adverb

اکثر • (aksar) (Hindi spelling अक्सर)

1. often, frequently

   ہَم اَکْثَر اِس مَحَلّے میں آیا کَرتے تھے۔

   ham aksar is mahalle mẽ āyā karte the.

   We used to come to this neighbourhood often.

2. usually, for the most part

   اَکْثَر جو ہَم کَہْتے ہَیں وہ کَرْتے نَہِیں۔

   aksar jo ham kahte ha͠i vo karte nahī̃.

   We do not do what we usually say.

Descendants

• → Phalura: aksár