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See also: ॾ ,
ड़ ,
ङ , and इ
Translingual
Pronunciation
Letter
ड (ḍa)
a letter of the Devanagari alphabet
Dhivehi
Pronunciation
Letter
ड • (ḍa )
The eighteenth consonant in Dhivehi , written in Devanagari
Hindi
Pronunciation
Letter
ड • (ḍa )
the thirteenth consonant in Hindi
See also
( nuqta form ) : ड़ ( ṛa )
(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
ड • (ḍa )
The twelfth consonant in Marathi .
Nepali
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) :
Phonetic Devanagari: ड
Letter
ड • (ḍa )
The thirteenth consonant in Nepali .
Rajbanshi
Classifier
ड (ḍa )
a noun classifier , suffixed after words ending in vowels or voiced consonants, except for र
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
ড ( Assamese script ) ᬟ ( Balinese script ) ড ( Bengali script ) 𑰚 ( Bhaiksuki script ) 𑀟 ( Brahmi script ) ဍ ( Burmese script ) ડ ( Gujarati script ) ਡ ( Gurmukhi script ) 𑌡 ( Grantha script ) ꦝ ( Javanese script ) 𑂙 ( Kaithi script ) ಡ ( Kannada script ) ឌ ( Khmer script ) ຑ ( Lao script ) ഡ ( Malayalam script ) ᡷᠠ ( Manchu script ) 𑘚 ( Modi script ) ᢎᠠ᠋ ( Mongolian script ) 𑦺 ( Nandinagari script ) 𑐜 ( Newa script ) ଡ ( Odia script ) ꢞ ( Saurashtra script ) 𑆝 ( Sharada script ) 𑖚 ( Siddham script ) ඩ ( Sinhalese script ) 𑩨 ( Soyombo script ) 𑚖 ( Takri script ) ட³ ( Tamil script ) డ ( Telugu script ) ฑ ( Thai script ) ཌ ( Tibetan script ) 𑒛 ( Tirhuta script ) 𑨖 ( Zanabazar Square script )
Etymology
Imitative; alternatively, short for डमरू "rattle drum".
Pronunciation
Noun
ड • (ḍa ) stem , ?
A sound
A kind of drum or tabor
Submarine fire
Fear
An epithet of Śiva
References
Apte, Macdonell (2022 ) “डः ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries ]