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visarga

visarga noun: the voiceless terminal h in Sanskrit.

Noun

visarga (plural visargas)

  1. (Sanskrit) the voiceless terminal h in Sanskrit
    • XXV of Centamil published by the Tamil Sangam at Madura that in ancient times āytam was represented by visarga.1934, P. S. Subrahmanya Sastri, History of Grammatical Theories in Tamil and Their Relation to the Grammatical Literature in Sanskrit

visarga meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

visarga in Hindi

voiceless h in Sanskrit
विसर्ग visarg, ः

visarga in Tamil

voiceless h in Sanskrit
ஃ, முப்புள்ளி muppuḷḷi, ஆய்தம் āytam

visarga in Bengali

voiceless h in Sanskrit
বিসর্গ biśorgo, ঃ

visarga in Telugu

voiceless h in Sanskrit
విసర్గ visarga, ః
More languagesFewer languages
visarga in Malayalam
വിസർഗം visaṟgaṁ, ഃ
visarga in Odia
ବିସର୍ଗ bisarga, ଃ (ḥ)
visarga in Sanskrit
विसर्ग visarga, ः
visarga in Sinhala
ඃ
visarga in Thai
วิสรรชนีย์ wí-sǎn-chá-nii
visarga in Myanmar
ရှေ့ကပေါက် hre.ka.pauk, ဝစ္စပေါက် wacca.pauk, ရှေ့ဆီး hre.hci:, း

Forms of visarga

pluralvisargas

Origin of visarga

Borrowed from Sanskrit विसर्ग (visarga).

Questions about visarga

What does visarga mean?
Visarga means the voiceless terminal h in Sanskrit.
What is visarga in Hindi?
Visarga in Hindi is विसर्ग (visarg), ः. See Visarga meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is visarga?
Visarga is a noun.
What is the plural of visarga?
The plural of visarga is visargas.

Words near visarga in the dictionary

  1. visar
  2. visard
  3. visarded
  4. visarding
  5. visards
  6. visarga
  7. visargas
  8. visars
  9. visas
  10. Visaya
  11. Visayan

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