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U+091B, छ
DEVANAGARI LETTER CHA

Devanagari

Translingual

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰə/, /t͡ʃʰə/, /t͡sʰə/

Letter

(ch)

  1. a letter of the Devanagari alphabet; ch /tʃʰ/

See also

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰə/,

Letter

(cha)

  1. the seventh consonant in Hindi

See also

Kullu Pahari

Pronunciation

Letter

(ch)

  1. Used to represent the sound in Kullui.

Marathi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰə/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

(cha)

  1. The sixth consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

Nepali numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5
6
7  → 
    Cardinal: (cha)
    Ordinal: छैटौँ (chaiṭa͠u)
    Multiplier: छगुना (chagunā)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Phonetic Devanagari:

Letter

(cha)

  1. the seventh consonant in Nepali

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ), cognate with Hindi छह (chah).

Numeral

(cha)

  1. six

Etymology 3

Verb

(cha)

  1. third-person singular low-respect defining present of हुनु (hunu)

Newar

Pronunciation

Numeral

(cha)

  1. one

Alternative forms

Pali

Alternative forms

Numeral

(cha)

  1. Devanagari script form of cha (“six”)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 250; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      अथ सब्बासं विभत्तीनं यानि यानि पुब्बानि पदानि तानि तानि परस्सपदसञ्ञानि होन्ति।
      Atha sabbāsaṃ vibhattīnaṃ yāni yāni pubbāni cha padāni, tāni tāni parassapadasaññāni honti.
      Then whatever are the first six endings of all the endings, they are called the active endings.

Declension

Optionally indeclinable.

Prakrit

Numeral

(cha) (cardinal number)

  1. Devanagari script form of 𑀙

Sherpa

Pronunciation

Letter

(tsha)

  1. Used to represent the sound in Sherpa.