visarga

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noun

the voiceless terminal h in Sanskrit

OriginSanskrit विसर्ग →
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Meanings

nounvisarga (plural visargas)

plural visargas

  1. Sanskritgrammarthe 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

Origin

  1. Sanskritविसर्ग
  2. Sanskritविसर्ग
  3. Englishvisarga

Borrowed from Sanskrit विसर्ग (visarga).

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Translations

Bengali বিসর্গ, ঃ
  • বিসর্গ (biśorgo)voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • ঃvoiceless h in Sanskrit
Chinese Mandarin 止韻 /止韵
  • 止韻 /止韵 (zhǐyùn)voiceless h in Sanskrit
Finnish visarga
  • visargavoiceless h in Sanskrit
French visarga
  • visargavoiceless h in Sanskrit
Hindi विसर्ग, ः
  • विसर्ग (visarg)voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • ःvoiceless h in Sanskrit
Japanese ヴィサルガ
  • ヴィサルガ (visaruga)voiceless h in Sanskrit
Portuguese visarga
  • visargavoiceless h in Sanskrit
Russian ви́сарга
  • ви́сарга (vísarga)voiceless h in Sanskrit
Tamil ஃ, முப்புள்ளி
  • ஃvoiceless h in Sanskrit
  • முப்புள்ளி (muppuḷḷi)voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • ஆய்தம் (āytam)voiceless h in Sanskrit
Thai วิสรรชนีย์
  • วิสรรชนีย์ (wí-sǎn-chá-nii)voiceless h in Sanskrit
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