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short vowel meaning in Sanskrit

ह्रस्व hrasvá

short vowel in Sanskrit: ह्रस्व (hrasvá), सर (sará). In English, short vowel means in languages that distinguish vowel length, a vowel which is normally pronounced shorter than a long vowel.

Sanskrit words for short vowel

a short vowel
ह्रस्व hrasvá
short vowel
सर sará

English meaning of short vowel

  1. noun In languages that distinguish vowel length, a vowel which is normally pronounced shorter than a long vowel.

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Questions about short vowel in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of short vowel in Sanskrit?
Short vowel in Sanskrit is ह्रस्व (hrasvá), सर (sará).
short vowel इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Short vowel: ह्रस्व (hrasvá), सर (sará).
What does short vowel mean in English?
Short vowel means in languages that distinguish vowel length, a vowel which is normally pronounced shorter than a long vowel.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “short vowel”: सर, ह्रस्व. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: short 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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