long vowel meaning in Sanskrit
दीर्घ dīrghá
long vowel in Sanskrit: दीर्घ (dīrghá). In English, long vowel means a vowel which is normally pronounced somewhat longer than other vowels (usually around 1½ to 2½ times the length of a short vowel); represented in the IPA by the addition of a colon-like symbol (ː, triangular colon), such as /aː/.
Sanskrit words for long vowel
- long vowel
- दीर्घ dīrghá
English meaning of long vowel
- noun A vowel which is normally pronounced somewhat longer than other vowels (usually around 1½ to 2½ times the length of a short vowel); represented in the IPA by the addition of a colon-like symbol (ː, triangular colon), such as /aː/.
- noun Any of the vowels or diphthongs resulting from the Great Vowel Shift's effect on Middle English's original long vowels, and best exhibited in the names of the vowel letters A, E, I, O, U. In American lexicography their pronunciation is indicated by a macron, as, ē.
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Questions about long vowel in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of long vowel in Sanskrit?
- Long vowel in Sanskrit is दीर्घ (dīrghá).
- long vowel इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Long vowel: दीर्घ (dīrghá).
- What does long vowel mean in English?
- Long vowel means a vowel which is normally pronounced somewhat longer than other vowels (usually around 1½ to 2½ times the length of a short vowel); represented in the IPA by the addition of a colon-like symbol (ː, triangular colon), such as /aː/.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “long vowel”: दीर्घ. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: long vowel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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