akṣara

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara).

Noun

akṣara

1. letter (of the alphabet)

Derived terms

• akṣarāji
• sākṣara

 

• akṣaracyutaka
• akṣarakrama
• jitākṣara
• mantrākṣara
• nirakṣara
• pañcaśūlākṣara
• pañcākṣara

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦲꦏ꧀ꦱꦫ (aksara) (inherited)
• → Balinese: ᬅᬓ᭄ᬱᬭ (aksara)

Further reading

• "akṣara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.