Thai edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative forms

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara, letter). Compare Lao ອັກສອນ (ʼak sǭn), Khmer អក្សរ (ʼaksɑɑ) and Burmese အက္ခရာ (akhka.ra).

Pronunciation edit

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 edit

อักษร (àk-sɔ̌ɔn)

  1. script (for languages).
  2. letter.

Derived terms edit

See also edit