ङ
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Translingual
Letter
ङ (ṅ)
- The Devanagari script's voiced velar nasal consonant; ṅ: /ŋ/
See also
- (Devanagari script consonants) क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, ॸ, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, ॹ, झ़, ड़, ढ़, ष़, य़, ॺ, ऴ, ॻ, ॼ, ॾ, ॿ (Category: Translingual letters)
Gamale Kham
Pronunciation
Letter
ङ (ṇa)
- Used to represent the sound in Gamale Kham
See also
- (Devanagari script letters) अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ऌ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, ज़, झ़, व़, ह्व, ह्ल, म्ह, न्ह, ह्व़ (Category: Gamale Kham letters)
References
- Wilde, Christopher P. (2016) “ङ”, in Gamale Kham Phonology Revisited, with Devanagari-based Orthography and Lexicon, Asia-Pacific Linguistics
Hindi
Pronunciation
Letter
ङ • (ṅa)
See also
- (Devanagari script letters) अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़ (Category: Hindi letters)
Nepali
Pronunciation
Letter
ङ • (ṅa)
Newar
Alternative forms
- (Kathmandu) ञ (ña)
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja.
Pronunciation
Noun
- (Dolakhae) fish
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ঙ (Assamese script)
- ᬗ (Balinese script)
- ঙ (Bengali script)
- 𑰒 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀗 (Brahmi script)
- င (Burmese script)
- ઙ (Gujarati script)
- ਙ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌙 (Grantha script)
- ꦔ (Javanese script)
- 𑂑 (Kaithi script)
- ಙ (Kannada script)
- ង (Khmer script)
- ງ (Lao script)
- ങ (Malayalam script)
- ᢛᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘒 (Modi script)
- ᢊᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦲 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐒 (Newa script)
- ଙ (Odia script)
- ꢖ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆕 (Sharada script)
- 𑖒 (Siddham script)
- ඞ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩠 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚎 (Takri script)
- ங (Tamil script)
- ఙ (Telugu script)
- ง (Thai script)
- ང (Tibetan script)
- 𑒓 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨏 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
ङ • (ṅa)
- An object of sense
- Desire, wish.
- An epithet of Śiva
Descendants
- → Malayalam: ങൻ (ṅaṉ)
References
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “ङः”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]