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U+0921, ड
DEVANAGARI LETTER DDA

Devanagari

Translingual

Pronunciation

Letter

(ḍa)

  1. a letter of the Devanagari alphabet

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

Letter

(ḍa)

  1. The eighteenth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

Hindi

Pronunciation

Letter

(ḍa)

  1. the thirteenth consonant in Hindi

See also

Marathi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɖə/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

(ḍa)

  1. The twelfth consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Phonetic Devanagari:

Letter

(ḍa)

  1. The thirteenth consonant in Nepali.

Rajbanshi

Alternative forms

Classifier

(ḍa)

  1. a noun classifier, suffixed after words ending in vowels or voiced consonants, except for

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Imitative; alternatively, short for डमरू "rattle drum".

Pronunciation

Noun

(ḍa) stem?

  1. A sound
  2. A kind of drum or tabor
  3. Submarine fire
  4. Fear
  5. An epithet of Śiva

References

  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “डः”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]