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อักษร

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Thai

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara, “letter”). Doublet of อักขระ (àk-kà-rà). Cognate with Isan อักสน, Lao ອັກສອນ (ʼak sǭn), Khmer អក្សរ (ʼaksɑɑ), Malay aksara and Indonesian aksara.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicอักษร
ɒ ạ k ʂ r
Phonemic
อัก-สอน
ɒ ạ k – s ɒ n
[bound form]
อัก-สอ-ระ-
ɒ ạ k – s ɒ – r a –
RomanizationPaiboonàk-sɔ̌ɔnàk-sɔ̌ɔ-rá-
Royal Instituteak-sonak-so-ra-
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔak̚˨˩.sɔːn˩˩˦/(R)/ʔak̚˨˩.sɔː˩˩˦.ra˦˥./
Audio

Noun

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อักษร • (àk-sɔ̌ɔn)

  1. script (for languages)
  2. letter, character (of an alphabet or other script)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Indonesian: akson

Further reading

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  • “อักษร” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.