Nirakshara, Nirakṣara, Nir-akshara: 7 definitions
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Nirakshara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Nirakṣara can be transliterated into English as Niraksara or Nirakshara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Nirakshar.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynirakṣara (निरक्षर).—a (S) Illiterate.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNirakṣara (निरक्षर).—a. Not knowing the letters, illiterate.
Nirakṣara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nir and akṣara (अक्षर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirakṣara (निरक्षर):—[=nir-akṣara] [from nir > niḥ] mfn. not knowing the letters, [Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Nirakṣara (निरक्षर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇirakkhara.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryNirakṣara (निरक्षर) [Also spelled nirakshar]:—(a) illiterate, unlettered, uneducated; ignorant, foolish; ~[tā] illiteracy, the state or position of being unlettered; —[bhaṭṭācārya] an absolutely illiterate fellow, unlettered person.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNirakṣara (ನಿರಕ್ಷರ):—[adjective] not knowing how to read or write; uneducated; illiterate.
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Nirakṣara (ನಿರಕ್ಷರ):—[noun] a man unable to read and write; an illeterate man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Akshara, Nir.
Starts with: Nirakshara-bhatta, Nirakshara-nira.
Full-text: Nirakkari, Nirakshara-nira, Nirakshara-bhatta, Nirakkhara, Niratcarakutci, Nirakkara, Nirakkarakukki, Nirakshar.
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