ञ

See also: অ

ञ U+091E, ञ DEVANAGARI LETTER NYA ← झ [U+091D] Devanagari ट → [U+091F]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲə/ (may vary by language)

Letter

ञ (ña)

1. a letter of the Devanagari alphabet

See also

Ligatures:

• ज्ञ (jña): ज + ञ

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲə]

Letter

ञ • (ñə)

1. The twentieth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

Hindi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /njə/

Letter

ञ • (ña)

1. 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 ^[edit]

Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jə̃/

Letter

ञ • (ña)

1. The tenth consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): [nʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: न
• (letter name) IPA^(key): [jʌ̃]
• Phonetic Devanagari: यँ

Letter

ञ • (ña)

1. 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 ^[edit]

References

• “ञ”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

Newar

Alternative forms

• (Dolakhae) ङ (ṅa)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja.

Noun

ञ • (ña) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐘)

1. (Kathmandu) fish

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ञ • (ña) stem, ?

1. Singer
2. Gurgling sound
3. Bull
4. N. of Śukra
5. Perversity
6. Number 'ten'

References

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