अनुस्वार

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अनुस्वार (anusvāra), from अनु- (anu-) +‎ स्वार (svāra).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.nʊs.ʋɑːɾ/,

Noun

अनुस्वार (anusvārm (Urdu spelling انسوار)

  1. (grammar, typography) anusvara (the dot nasal vowel marker of the Devanagari script)

Declension

See also

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From अनु- (anu-, along; with; after) +‎ स्वर् (svar, to sound; to utter, root) +‎ -अ (-a, nominalization suffix) with vṛddhi of the root.

Pronunciation

Noun

अनुस्वार (anusvāra) stemm (Classical Sanskrit)

  1. (phonetics) anusvara, the "after-sound" (a nasal consonant following a vowel; denoted by a dot or circle in various scripts and by in IAST)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अनुस्वार (anusvāra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अनुस्वारः
anusvāraḥ
अनुस्वारौ
anusvārau
अनुस्वाराः
anusvārāḥ
Vocative अनुस्वार
anusvāra
अनुस्वारौ
anusvārau
अनुस्वाराः
anusvārāḥ
Accusative अनुस्वारम्
anusvāram
अनुस्वारौ
anusvārau
अनुस्वारान्
anusvārān
Instrumental अनुस्वारेण
anusvāreṇa
अनुस्वाराभ्याम्
anusvārābhyām
अनुस्वारैः
anusvāraiḥ
Dative अनुस्वाराय
anusvārāya
अनुस्वाराभ्याम्
anusvārābhyām
अनुस्वारेभ्यः
anusvārebhyaḥ
Ablative अनुस्वारात्
anusvārāt
अनुस्वाराभ्याम्
anusvārābhyām
अनुस्वारेभ्यः
anusvārebhyaḥ
Genitive अनुस्वारस्य
anusvārasya
अनुस्वारयोः
anusvārayoḥ
अनुस्वाराणाम्
anusvārāṇām
Locative अनुस्वारे
anusvāre
अनुस्वारयोः
anusvārayoḥ
अनुस्वारेषु
anusvāreṣu

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