akkhaṇa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• अक्खण (Devanagari script)
• অক্খণ (Bengali script)
• අක‍්ඛණ (Sinhalese script)
• အက္ခဏ or ဢၵ္ၶꧣ or ဢၵ်ၶꧣ (Burmese script)
• อกฺขณ or อักขะณะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨠ᩠ᨡᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ອກ຺ຂຓ or ອັກຂະຓະ (Lao script)
• អក្ខណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄕 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अक्षण (akṣaṇa, “innoportune”). More at a-, khaṇa. Partial cognate of Prakrit अक्खणिआ (akkhaṇiā, “perverse copulation”).

Noun

akkhaṇa m

1. bad luck, misfortune

Declension

Declension table of "akkhaṇa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	akkhaṇo	akkhaṇā
Accusative (second)	akkhaṇaṃ	akkhaṇe
Instrumental (third)	akkhaṇena	akkhaṇehi or akkhaṇebhi
Dative (fourth)	akkhaṇassa or akkhaṇāya or akkhaṇatthaṃ	akkhaṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	akkhaṇasmā or akkhaṇamhā or akkhaṇā	akkhaṇehi or akkhaṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)	akkhaṇassa	akkhaṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	akkhaṇasmiṃ or akkhaṇamhi or akkhaṇe	akkhaṇesu
Vocative (calling)	akkhaṇa	akkhaṇā

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “akkhaṇa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 2
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “akṣaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 2