avagraha
avagraha noun: a symbol (ऽ) used in the Devanagari script and other Indian scripts, to mark vocalic gemination or the elision of the inherent vowel a in the process of sandhi in Sanskrit.
Noun
avagraha (plural avagrahas)
- A symbol (ऽ) used in the Devanagari script and other Indian scripts, to mark vocalic gemination or the elision of the inherent vowel a in the process of sandhi in Sanskrit.
avagraha meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam and Gujarati
avagraha in Hindi
- symbol
- अवग्रह avagrah
avagraha in Bengali
- symbol
- অবগ্রহ obogroho
avagraha in Malayalam
- symbol
- പ്രശ്ലേഷം praślēṣaṁ, അവഗ്രഹം avagrahaṁ
avagraha in Gujarati
- symbol
- અવગ્રહ avagrah
More languagesFewer languages
- avagraha in Odia
- ଅବଗ୍ରହ abagraha
- avagraha in Sanskrit
- अवग्रह avagraha
Forms of avagraha
| plural | avagrahas |
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Origin of avagraha
Borrowed from Sanskrit अवग्रह (avagraha).
Questions about avagraha
- What does avagraha mean?
- Avagraha means a symbol (ऽ) used in the Devanagari script and other Indian scripts, to mark vocalic gemination or the elision of the inherent vowel a in the process of sandhi in Sanskrit.
- What is avagraha in Hindi?
- Avagraha in Hindi is अवग्रह (avagrah). See Avagraha meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is avagraha?
- Avagraha is a noun.
- What is the plural of avagraha?
- The plural of avagraha is avagrahas.
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