ढ

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See also: ढ़, द, ट, and ड़

ढ U+0922, ढ
DEVANAGARI LETTER DDHA
← ड
 		Devanagari ण →

Translingual

Pronunciation

Letter

ढ (ḍha)

  1. A letter of the Devanagari alphabet.

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɖʱə/,

Letter

ढ • (ḍha)

  1. the fourteenth consonant in Hindi

See also

Marathi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Letter

ढ • (ḍha)

  1. The thirteenth consonant in Marathi.

Etymology 2

Noun

ढ • (ḍha) m or f

  1. one who is not good with studies
  2. dumb
    Synonym: मंद (manda)

Nepali

Pronunciation

Letter

ढ • (ḍha)

  1. The fourteenth consonant in Nepali.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • ঢ (Assamese script)
  • ᬠ (Balinese script)
  • ঢ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰛 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀠 (Brahmi script)
  • ဎ (Burmese script)
  • ઢ (Gujarati script)
  • ਢ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌢 (Grantha script)
  • ꦞ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂛 (Kaithi script)
  • ಢ (Kannada script)
  • ឍ (Khmer script)
  • ຒ (Lao script)
  • ഢ (Malayalam script)
  • ᢟᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘛 (Modi script)
  • ᢎᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦻 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐝 (Newa script)
  • ଢ (Odia script)
  • ꢟ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆞 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖛 (Siddham script)
  • ඪ (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩩 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚗 (Takri script)
  • ட⁴ (Tamil script)
  • ఢ (Telugu script)
  • ฒ (Thai script)
  • ཌྷ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒜 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨗 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

ढ • (ḍha) stem, ?

  1. An imitative sound
  2. A large drum
  3. A dog's tail
  4. A dog
  5. A serpent

References

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