candrabindu

English

Alternative forms

chandrabindu
chandravindu
candravindu
chôndrobindu

Etymology

From Sanskrit चन्द्रबिन्दु (candrabindu, literally “moon dot”)

Noun

candrabindu (plural candrabindus)

A diacritic used in the Devanagari (ँ), Bengali (ঁ), Gurmukhi ( ਁ), Gujarati (ઁ), Oriya (ଁ), and Telugu (ఁ) scripts. It usually indicates that the previous vowel is nasalized. Shown here over the letter "ka" (or in the case of Telugu, after the "ka"):
- Devanagari: कँ
- Bengali: কঁ
- Gurmukhi: ਕਁ
- Gujarati: કઁ
- Oriya: କଁ
- Telugu: కఁ

Translations

candrabindu

Assamese: চন্দ্ৰবিন্দু (candrabindu)
Bengali: চন্দ্রবিন্দু (côndrôbindu)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 仰月點, 仰月点 (joeng⁵ jyut⁶ dim²)

Mandarin: 仰月點, 仰月点 (yǎngyuèdiǎn)
French: chandrabindu m
German: Chandrabindu m

Hindi: चन्द्रबिन्दु (hi) (candrabindu), चंद्रबिंदु (hi) (candrabindu)
Japanese: チャンドラビンドゥ (ja) (chandorabindu)
Russian: чандраби́нду f or n (čandrabíndu)
Sanskrit: चन्द्रबिन्दु (sa) (candrabindu)
Telugu: చంద్రబిందు (candrabindu)
Urdu: چندربند‎ (candrabindu)

See also

anusvara
halant
killer
sukun
visarga
vowel killer

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