Asper

Part of speech: noun (n.)

The rough breathing; a mark placed over an initial vowel sound or over h before it; thus hws, pronounced h, hrj'twr, pronounced hra\'b6t.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. [Archaic] "An asper sound." Bacon.