Word Meaning

Meaning of asper

- Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.
- The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus "ws, pronounced h/s, "rh`twr, pronounced hra"t/r.
- A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.