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akhara

noun

akhara is spelled A-K-H-A-R-A: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, akhara means “A member of an order of ascetic monks in parts of India” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of akhara is akharas.

How many letters and syllables are in akhara?

Letters6: A-K-H-A-R-A
In writingabout once in every 91 million words; the 305,310th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is akhara?

Akhara appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of akhara

  • akharas plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does akhara mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A member of an order of ascetic monks in parts of India

  2. 2

    A monastery used by this order

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does akhara come from?

Borrowed from Hindi अखाड़ा (akhāṛā).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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