ण

See also: प

ण U+0923, ण DEVANAGARI LETTER NNA ← ढ [U+0922] Devanagari त → [U+0924]

Translingual

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ण (ṇa)

1. a letter of the Devanagari alphabet

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɳə]

Letter

ण • (ṇa)

1. The sixteenth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɳə/, [ɳɐ]

Letter

ण • (ṇa)

1. the fifteenth consonant in Hindi

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): /ɳə/

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Letter

ण • (ṇa)

1. The fourteenth consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɽ̃ʌ], [ɳʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: ण
• (letter name) IPA^(key): [ʌ̃ɳ], [ɽ̃ʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: अँण्, or ण

Letter

ण • (ṇa)

1. The fifteenth consonant in Nepali.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ণ (Assamese script)
• ᬡ (Balinese script)
• ণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ဏ (Burmese script)
• ણ (Gujarati script)
• ਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಣ (Kannada script)
• ណ (Khmer script)
• ຓ (Lao script)
• ണ (Malayalam script)
• ᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐞 (Newa script)
• ଣ (Odia script)
• ꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖜 (Siddham script)
• ණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚘 (Takri script)
• ண (Tamil script)
• ణ (Telugu script)
• ณ (Thai script)
• ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨘 (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): /ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɳɐ/

Noun

ण • (ṇa) stem, ?

1. Knowledge
2. Certainty, ascertainment
3. An ornament
4. A water or summer-house
5. A bad man
6. Śiva
7. The sound of negation
8. Gift, giving

References

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