𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭

Prakrit

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *a-

Sanskrit अ- (a-)

Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰer-

Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰar-

Sanskrit क्षर् (kṣar)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Sanskrit -अ (-a)

Sanskrit क्षर (kṣara)

Sanskrit अ॒क्षर॑ (akṣára)

Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭

Inherited from Sanskrit अ॒क्षर॑ (akṣára), from अ- (a-) + क्षर (kṣara).^[1]

𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭 (akkhara) (Devanagari अक्खर) ^[2]

𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭 (akkhara) m (Devanagari अक्खर)

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Hindustani:
  - Hindi: आखर (ākhar)
  - Urdu: آکھَر (ākhar)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali-Assamese:
  - Assamese: আখৰ (akhor)
- Bihari:
  - Maithili: आखर (ākhar)
- Odia: ଆଖର (ākhara)
Insular Indo-Aryan:
- Dhivehi: އަކުރު (akuru)
- Sinhalese: අකුර (akura)
Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Kumaoni: आँखर
- Nepali: आखर (ākhar)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਅੱਖਰ (akkhar)
  
  Shahmukhi script: اَکّھَر (akkhar)
- Kachchi: અખર (akhar)
- Sindhi:
  Arabic script: اَکَرُ (akharu)
  
  Devanagari script: अखरु (akharu)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Marwari: आखर (ākhar)
→ Tamil: அக்கரம் (akkaram)
→ Telugu: అక్కరము (akkaramu)

From *𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭 (*acchara):

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Hindustani:
  - Hindi: अंछर (añchar)
  - Urdu: اَچھَر (achar)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Marwari: अच्छर (acchar)

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “akṣára”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 2
^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “अक्खर”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].