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virama

virama

English

Noun

virama ‎(plural viramas)

A diacritic used in most writing systems of the Indian subcontinent to signify the lack of an inherent vowel.
- a Devanagari example: क ‎(ka) + ् = क् ‎(k)
A sign which serves the same purpose in any writing system.

Translations

a diacritic to signify the lack of a vowel

Arabic: وِرَام m ‎(wirām)
Bengali: হসন্ত ‎(hôshonto)
Burmese: အသတ် (my) ‎(a.sat) (IPA: /ʔa̰θaʔ/)
Hindi: हलंत (hi) ‎(halant), हलन्त (hi) ‎(halant), विराम (hi) ‎(virām), (symbol) ् ‎()
Kannada: ಹಲಂತ ‎(halaṃta)

Malayalam: ചന്ദ്രക്കല (ml) ‎(candrakkala)
Oriya: ହଳନ୍ତ ‎(haḷanta)
Russian: вира́ма (ru) f ‎(viráma)
Sanskrit: विराम (sa) ‎(virāma), (symbol) ् ‎(्)
Tamil: புள்ளி (ta) ‎(puḷḷi)
Telugu: విరామ ‎(virāma)

Synonyms

halant
killer
vowel killer

See also