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short vowel

short vowel noun: in languages that distinguish vowel length, a vowel which is normally pronounced shorter than a long vowel.

Noun

short vowel (plural short vowels)

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

short vowel meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Odia

short vowel in Hindi

a short vowel
ह्रस्व hrasva

short vowel in Tamil

குற்றுயிர், குறில் உயிர்

short vowel in Kannada

ಗಿಡ್ಡ ತೆರೆಯುಲಿ

short vowel in Odia

a short vowel
ହ୍ରସ୍ୱ hraswa
short vowel
ଅନୁଦାତ୍ତସ୍ୱର anudāttaswara
More languagesFewer languages
short vowel in Sanskrit
ह्रस्व hrasvá, सर sará
short vowel in Assamese
হ্ৰস্ব hrosso
short vowel in Nepali
ह्रस्व hraswa

Forms of short vowel

pluralshort vowels

Questions about short vowel

What does short vowel mean?
Short vowel means in languages that distinguish vowel length, a vowel which is normally pronounced shorter than a long vowel.
What is short vowel in Hindi?
Short vowel in Hindi is ह्रस्व (hrasva). See Short vowel meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is short vowel?
Short vowel is a noun.
What is the plural of short vowel?
The plural of short vowel is short vowels.

Words near short vowel in the dictionary

  1. short twentieth century
  2. short u
  3. short u's
  4. short ues
  5. short view
  6. short vowel
  7. short vowels
  8. short wave
  9. short waves
  10. short weight
  11. short whist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: short vowel (page history and authors); ह्रस्व (Hindi) (page history and authors); short vowel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); short vowel (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଅନୁଦାତ୍ତସ୍ୱର (Odia) (page history and authors); सर (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); হ্ৰস্ব (Assamese) (page history and authors); ह्रस्व (Nepali) (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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