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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ফণ (Assamese script)
- ᬨᬡ (Balinese script)
- ফণ (Bengali script)
- 𑰣𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀨𑀡 (Brahmi script)
- ဖဏ (Burmese script)
- ફણ (Gujarati script)
- ਫਣ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌫𑌣 (Grantha script)
- ꦦꦟ (Javanese script)
- 𑂤𑂝 (Kaithi script)
- ಫಣ (Kannada script)
- ផណ (Khmer script)
- ຜຓ (Lao script)
- ഫണ (Malayalam script)
- ᡦᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘣𑘜 (Modi script)
- ᠹᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧃𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐦𑐞 (Newa script)
- ଫଣ (Odia script)
- ꢧꢠ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆦𑆟 (Sharada script)
- 𑖣𑖜 (Siddham script)
- ඵණ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩱𑩪 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚟𑚘 (Takri script)
- ப²ண (Tamil script)
- ఫణ (Telugu script)
- ผณ (Thai script)
- ཕ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒤𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨟𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
फण • (phaṇa) stem, ?
- froth (V.); stick shaped like a serpent's hood; m. nostril; hood of a serpent (ordinary mg.): -dhara, m. hooded serpent; snake: -dhara, m. ep. of Siva; -bhrit,
References
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “फण”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]