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velar meaning in Hindi

कंठ्य kaṇṭhya

/ˈviːlə/US/ˈviːlɚ/

velar in Hindi: कंठ्य (kaṇṭhya). In English, velar means articulated at the velum or soft palate.

Hindi words for velar

velar
कंठ्य kaṇṭhya

English meaning of velar

  1. adjective Articulated at the velum or soft palate.
  2. adjective Referring to a veil or velum.
  3. noun A sound articulated at the soft palate.

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Questions about velar in Hindi

What is the meaning of velar in Hindi?
Velar in Hindi is कंठ्य (kaṇṭhya).
velar का हिंदी में क्या अर्थ है?
Velar: कंठ्य (kaṇṭhya).
What does velar mean in English?
Velar means articulated at the velum or soft palate.

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Hindi words from Wiktionary's Hindi entries whose English meaning is “velar”: कंठ्य. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: velar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Hindi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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