ङु

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ঙু (Assamese script)
• ᬗᬸ (Balinese script)
• ঙু (Bengali script)
• 𑰒𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀗𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ငု (Burmese script)
• ઙુ (Gujarati script)
• ਙੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌙𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦔꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂑𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಙು (Kannada script)
• ងុ (Khmer script)
• ງຸ (Lao script)
• ങു (Malayalam script)
• ᢛᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘒𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᢊᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦲𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐒𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଙୁ (Odia script)
• ꢖꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆕𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖒𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ඞු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩠𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚎𑚰 (Takri script)
• ஙு (Tamil script)
• ఙు (Telugu script)
• งุ (Thai script)
• ངུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒓𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨏𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic. Related to कु.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ŋu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ŋu/

Root

ङु • (ṅu)

1. To sound

Derived terms

• ङवते (ṅavate, “to create sound”)

Descendants

• → Malayalam: ങുതം (ṅutaṁ)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “ङु”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Monier Williams (1899) “ङु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 380, column 1.