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U+0923, ण
DEVANAGARI LETTER NNA

[U+0922]
Devanagari
[U+0924]

Translingual

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɳə/ (may vary by language)

Letter

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(ṇa)

  1. a letter of the Devanagari alphabet

Dhivehi

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(ṇa)

  1. The sixteenth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

Hindi

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Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɳə/, [ɳɐ]

Letter

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(ṇa)

  1. the fifteenth consonant in Hindi

See also

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Marathi

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɳə/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

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(ṇa)

  1. The fourteenth consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɽ̃ʌ], [ɳʌ]
  • Phonetic Devanagari:
  • (letter name) IPA(key): [ʌ̃ɳ], [ɽ̃ʌ]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: अँण्, or

Letter

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(ṇa)

  1. The fifteenth consonant in Nepali.

Sanskrit

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ṇa) stem?

  1. Knowledge
  2. Certainty, ascertainment
  3. An ornament
  4. A water or summer-house
  5. A bad man
  6. Śiva
  7. The sound of negation
  8. Gift, giving

References

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  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “णः”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]