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osthya

osthya noun: a labial consonant.

Noun

osthya

  1. (India) a labial consonant
    • In the RPr. ... it is true that v is included in a class characterized only as oṣṭhya, but this refers only to sthāna.1976, Natural Language Studies, number 21, page 162
    • The KV then points out that the rule not only applies in connection with osthya sounds, but also in connection with the dantoṣṭhya 'labio-dental' sound v.1991, Pāṇini, Shivram Dattatray Joshi, J. A. F. Roodbergen, The Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini with Translation and Explanatory Notes, Volume 10, page 223

Forms of osthya

alternative formoṣṭhya

Origin of osthya

Borrowed from Sanskrit ओष्ठ्य (oṣṭhya, “labial”).

Questions about osthya

What does osthya mean?
Osthya means a labial consonant.
What part of speech is osthya?
Osthya is a noun.

Words near osthya in the dictionary

  1. osterogenic
  2. Osters
  3. Osterville
  4. Ostheim
  5. osthol
  6. osthya
  7. ostia
  8. Ostia Antica
  9. Ostiak
  10. Ostiaks
  11. ostial

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