Jivakshara, Jīvākṣara: 1 definition

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Jīvākṣara (ಜೀವಾಕ್ಷರ):—[noun] any of the syllables from '[a] to ಔ' in Kannaḍa alphabet, pronounced with a sound characterised by generalised friction of the air passing in a continuous stream through the pharynx and opened mouth but with no constriction narrow enough to produce local friction; a vowel.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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