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अक.

áka

pain, unhappiness

2 charactersसंस्कृतम् language

Meaning & usage

nounáka/ɐ́.kɐ/Vedic/ɐ.kɐ/Classical-Sanskrit

  1. pain, unhappiness

  2. sin

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree the BMAC substratebor.? Proto-Indo-Iranian *ákas Proto-Indo-Aryan *ákas Sanskrit अक Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ákas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ákas (“bad”), possibly borrowed from the BMAC substrate.

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