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See also: ड ,
ड़ ,
ॾ , and इ
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 )
the fifth consonant in Hindi
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
IPA (key ) :
Phonetic Devanagari: ङ
Letter
ङ • (ṅa )
The fifth consonant in Nepali .
Newar
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja .
Pronunciation
Noun
ङ • (ṅa ) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐒 )
( Dolakhae ) fish
Sanskrit
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
References
Apte, Macdonell (2022 ) “ङः ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries ]