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Translingual
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɲə/ ( may vary by language )
Letter
ञ (ña)
a letter of the Devanagari alphabet
See also
Ligatures:
Dhivehi
Pronunciation
Letter
ञ • (ñə )
The twentieth consonant in Dhivehi , written in Devanagari
Hindi
Pronunciation
Letter
ञ • (ña )
the tenth consonant in Hindi , used in Sanskrit loanwords
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 )
Marathi
Pronunciation
Letter
ञ • (ña )
The tenth consonant in Marathi .
Nepali
Pronunciation
( phoneme ) IPA (key ) :
Phonetic Devanagari: न
( letter name ) IPA (key ) :
Phonetic Devanagari: यँ
Letter
ञ • (ña )
The tenth consonant in Nepali .
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 , क्ष , त्र , ज्ञ (Category: Nepali letters )
References
“ञ ”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश ( nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś ) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary ] , Kathmandu: Nepal Academy , 2018
Newar
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja .
Noun
ञ • (ña ) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐘 )
( Kathmandu ) fish
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
ঞ ( Assamese script ) ᬜ ( Balinese script ) ঞ ( Bengali script ) 𑰗 ( Bhaiksuki script ) 𑀜 ( Brahmi script ) ဉ ( Burmese script ) ઞ ( Gujarati script ) ਞ ( Gurmukhi script ) 𑌞 ( Grantha script ) ꦚ ( Javanese script ) 𑂖 ( Kaithi script ) ಞ ( Kannada script ) ញ ( Khmer script ) ຎ ( Lao script ) ഞ ( Malayalam script ) ᠨᡳᠶᠠ ( Manchu script ) 𑘗 ( Modi script ) ᡛᠠ᠋ ( Mongolian script ) 𑦷 ( Nandinagari script ) 𑐘 ( Newa script ) ଞ ( Odia script ) ꢛ ( Saurashtra script ) 𑆚 ( Sharada script ) 𑖗 ( Siddham script ) ඤ ( Sinhalese script ) 𑩥 ( Soyombo script ) 𑚓 ( Takri script ) ஞ ( Tamil script ) ఞ ( Telugu script ) ญ ( Thai script ) ཉ ( Tibetan script ) 𑒘 ( Tirhuta script ) 𑨓 ( Zanabazar Square script )
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
ञ • (ña ) stem , ?
Singer
Gurgling sound
Bull
N. of Śukra
Perversity
Number 'ten'
References
Apte, Macdonell (2022 ) “ञः ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries ]