masculine feminine & neuter · akkhara 3 · akkhara 1
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Akkhara (adjective) [Vedic akṣara] constant, durable, lasting D III 86. As technical term for one of 4 branches of Vedic learning (D I 88) it is Phonetics which probably included Grammar, and is explained by sikkhā (Sv I 247 = Pj 477) plural neuter akkharāni sounds, tones, words. cittakkhara of a discourse (suttanta) having variety and beauty of words or sounds (opposed to beauty of thought) A I 72 = III 107 = S II 267. Akkharāni are the sauce, flavour (vyañjana) of poetry S I 38. Th know the context of the a° the words of the texts, is characteristic of an Arahant Dhp 352 (commentary is ambiguous Dhp-a IV 70). Later: akkharaṃ a syllable or sound Pv-a 280 (called sadda in next line); akkharāni an inscription Ja II 90; IV 7 (likhitāni written), 489; VI 390, 407. In Grammar: a letter Kaccāyana 1. -cintaka a grammarian or versifier Pj I 17; Pj II 16, 23, 321. Cf. 466; Pv-a 120; -pabheda in phrase sakkhara-p-pabheda phonology and etymology D I 88 (akkhara-p-pabhedo ti sikkhā ca nirutti ca Pj II 447 = Sv I 247) = A III 223 = Snp 105; -piṇḍa "word-ball", i.e. sequence of words or sounds Dhp-a IV 70 (= akkharānaṃ sannipāto Dhp 352).
(m.f.n.) a sound; a syllable; (neuter) an expression, a word
【中】字母，音節。~phalaka,【陽】寫字的板。~samaya,【陽】 寫作和閱讀的科學。
(nt, nt, from na khara) (gram) letter of the alphabet; syllable; morpheme letter, syllable [lit.] indestructible Construction: na > a + √khar + a
(nt, nt, from na khara) word; sound; syllable letter, syllable [lit.] indestructible Construction: na > a + √khar + a
(nt, nt, from na khara) pronunciation; articulation; phonology Construction: na > a + √khar + a