اکثر

Borrowed from Arabic أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar).

اکثر • (aksar)

1. more, most (numerous)

   Synonym: بیشتر (bêštar)

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

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

  Hindi: अक्सर (aksar)

  Urdu: اَکْثَر (aksar)

  • → Palula: aksár

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਅਕਸਰ (akasar)

  Shahmukhi script: اَکْثَر (aks̱ar)

• 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

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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ək.səɾ/

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.

• → Palula: aksár