ड

See also: ॾ, ड़, ङ, and इ

ड	U+0921, ड DEVANAGARI LETTER DDA

← ठ
[U+0920]

Devanagari

ढ →
[U+0922]

Translingual

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɖə/

Letter

ड (ḍa)

a letter of the Devanagari alphabet

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɖə]

Letter

ड • (ḍa)

The eighteenth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

Hindi

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɖə/, [ɖɐ]

Letter

ड • (ḍa)

the thirteenth consonant in Hindi

Marathi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɖə/
Audio: (file)

Letter

ड • (ḍa)

The twelfth consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɖʌ]
Phonetic Devanagari: ड

Letter

ड • (ḍa)

The thirteenth consonant in Nepali.

Rajbanshi

Alternative forms

डा (ḍā)

Classifier

ड (ḍa)

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

Related terms

ट (ṭa)
खान (khān)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

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

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɖɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɖɐ/

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 Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]