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danda

US/ˈdɑndə/

danda noun: a punctuation character (।) used in the Devanāgarī script to mark the end of a sentence.

Noun

danda (plural dandas)

  1. A punctuation character (।) used in the Devanāgarī script to mark the end of a sentence.

danda meaning in Hindi and Bengali

danda in Hindi

danda, a punctuation mark of many Indic scripts, denoted by "।"
पूर्णविराम pūrṇavirām
danda
दंड daṇḍ

danda in Bengali

danda , a punctuation mark of many Indic scripts, equivalent to the English full stop
দাঁড়ি dãṛi

Forms of danda

pluraldandas

Origin of danda

From Sanskrit दण्ड (daṇḍá, “stick”).

Words formed from danda

Phrases with danda

Words that rhyme with danda

Questions about danda

What does danda mean?
Danda means a punctuation character (।) used in the Devanāgarī script to mark the end of a sentence.
What is danda in Hindi?
Danda in Hindi is पूर्णविराम (pūrṇavirām), दंड (daṇḍ). See Danda meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is danda?
Danda is a noun.
How do you pronounce danda?
Danda is pronounced /ˈdɑndə/ (US).
What is the plural of danda?
The plural of danda is dandas.

Words near danda in the dictionary

  1. Danco Island
  2. dancy
  3. Dancyger
  4. Dancys
  5. dand
  6. danda
  7. Dandaiya
  8. Dandaleith
  9. Dandaloo
  10. dandan noodles
  11. dandarabilla

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: danda (page history and authors); दंड (Hindi) (page history and authors); দাঁড়ি (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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