अक्षरारंभ

Hindi
FWOTD – 17 September 2017

Alternative forms
  • अक्षरारम्भ (akṣarārambh)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अक्षरारम्भ (akṣarārambha). By surface analysis, अक्षर (akṣar, “letter”) +‎ आरंभ (ārambh, “beginning”).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ək.ʂə.ɾɑː.ɾəmbʱ/, [ɐk.ʃɐ.ɾäː.ɾɐ̃mbʱ]
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Noun

अक्षरारंभ • (akṣarārambh) m

  1. the ritual of the beginning of schooling, initiation into literacy
    • 1947, Rajendra Prasad, Ātmakathā [Autobiography] :
      पांचवे या छठे बरस में मेरा अक्षरारम्भ कराया गया था।
      pāñcve yā chaṭhe baras mẽ merā akṣarārambh karāyā gayā thā.
      In the fifth or sixth year I was initiated into literacy.

Declension
Declension of अक्षरारंभ (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct अक्षरारंभ
akṣarārambh		 अक्षरारंभ
akṣarārambh
oblique अक्षरारंभ
akṣarārambh		 अक्षरारंभों
akṣarārambhõ
vocative अक्षरारंभ
akṣarārambh		 अक्षरारंभो
akṣarārambho
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