Complete Definition of "candrabindu"

English

Etymology
Sanskrit for moon-dot.

Noun
candrabindu (candrabindus)

  1. 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: ��
Bengali: ��
Gurmukhi: ��
Gujarati: ��
Oriya: ��
Telugu: ��

See also
anusvara
halant
killer
sukun
visarga
vowel killer

Category:Devanagari

hu:candrabindu

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