anusvara
anusvara noun: a diacritic used in Indic scripts as a nasal consonant.
Noun
anusvara (plural anusvaras)
anusvara meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
anusvara in Hindi
- anusvara diacritic
- अनुस्वार anusvār, ं (̃), बिंदु bindu, बिन्दु bindu
anusvara in Tamil
- anusvara diacritic
- அனுஸ்வரம் aṉusvaram, ஂ
anusvara in Marathi
- anusvara diacritic
- अनुस्वार anusvār, ं (ṁ)
anusvara in Urdu
- anusvara diacritic
- انسوار anusvār
More languagesFewer languages
- anusvara in Bengali
- অনুস্বার onuśśar, অনুস্বর onuśśor, ং (ṅ), বিন্দু bindu
- anusvara in Telugu
- అనుస్వారము anusvāramu
- anusvara in Malayalam
- അനുസ്വാരം anusvāraṁ
- anusvara in Gujarati
- અનુસ્વાર anusvār, માથેમીંડું māthemī̃ḍũ
- anusvara in Odia
- ଅନୁସ୍ଵାର anusvāra, ଂ (ṁ), ବିନ୍ଦୁ bindu
- anusvara in Sanskrit
- अनुस्वार anusvāra, ं (ṃ), बिन्दु bindu
- anusvara in Sinhala
- ං (ṁ)
- anusvara in Assamese
- উনস্বৰ unossor
- anusvara in Nepali
- अनुस्वार anuswār, ं (̃)
- anusvara in Indonesian
- anuswara
- anusvara in Thai
- นิคหิต ník-ká-hìt, นฤคหิต ná-rʉ́-ká-hìt, หยาดน้ำค้าง yàat-nám-káang, อนุสวาร
- anusvara in Myanmar
- သေးသေးတင် se:se:tang, ံ
Forms of anusvara
| plural | anusvaras |
|---|---|
| alternative form | anusvāra |
Origin of anusvara
Borrowed from Sanskrit अनुस्वार (anusvā́ra).
Questions about anusvara
- What does anusvara mean?
- Anusvara means a diacritic used in Indic scripts as a nasal consonant.
- What is anusvara in Hindi?
- Anusvara in Hindi is अनुस्वार (anusvār), ं (̃), बिंदु (bindu). See Anusvara meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is anusvara?
- Anusvara is a noun.
- What is the plural of anusvara?
- The plural of anusvara is anusvaras.
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