പ്രശ്ലേഷം

Malayalam

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रश्लेषः (praśleṣaḥ). śleṣa means "to join" or "merge". praśleṣa means "joining well". It became praślēṣaṃ as it denotes the joining of the letter അ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɐʃleːʂɐm/

Noun

പ്രശ്ലേഷം • (praślēṣaṁ)

1. The symbol ഽ used in Malayalam for avagraha.

   Used to mark vocalic gemination or the elision of the inherent vowel a in the process of sandhi in Malayalam.

Synonyms

• Synonym: അവഗ്രഹം (avagrahaṁ)