𑅇

𑅇 U+11147, 𑅇 CHAKMA LETTER VAA [unassigned: U+11148–U+1114F] ← 𑅆 [U+11146] Chakma 𑅐 → [U+11150]

Pali

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• va (Latin script)
• 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• व (Devanagari script)
• ৰ (Bengali script)
• ව (Sinhalese script)
• ဝ (Burmese script)
• ว or วะ (Thai script)
• ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
• វ (Khmer script)

Letter

𑅇 (va)

1. The letter vā in Chakma script
   • c. 450 AD, Buddhaghosa, Visuddhimagga; extract republished as Zachary Scheuren, Proposal to encode CHAKMA LETTER VAA for Pali‎^[1] (PDF), 2019, page 2:

     𑄖𑄖𑄳𑄢𑄂𑄠𑄁 𑅇𑄌𑄚𑄖𑄴𑄗𑄮𑅁 𑄌𑄢𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄨 𑄖𑄥𑄴𑄟𑄨𑄁 𑄥𑄩𑄣𑄬𑄥𑄪 𑄛𑄢𑄨𑄛𑄫𑄢𑄇𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄂𑄠 𑄛𑅇𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄩𑄖𑄨 𑄌𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄁𑅁 𑅇𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄁 𑄖𑄂𑄠𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄨 𑄢𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄨 𑄖𑄬𑄚𑄂𑄖𑄨 𑅇𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄁𑅁

     tatrāyaṃ vacanattho. caranti tasmiṃ sīlesu paripūrakāritāya pavattantīti cārittaṃ. vāritaṃ tāyanti rakkhanti tenāti vārittaṃ.

     Here, this is the meaning of the words: cāritta: "They behave within that, they proceed fulfilling the virtues"; vāritta: "They protect against what is avoided, they guard against it"

Usage notes

Used for the letter ⟨v⟩ either alone or as the initial letter of a consonant cluster. For the second letter of a consonant cluster, a subscript form of the letter 𑄤 ⟨w⟩ is used.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• va (Latin script)
• 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• व (Devanagari script)
• ৰ (Bengali script)
• ව (Sinhalese script)
• ဝ (Burmese script)
• ว or วะ (Thai script)
• ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
• វ (Khmer script)

Alternative scripts

• iva (Latin script)
• 𑀇𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• इव (Devanagari script)
• ইৰ (Bengali script)
• ඉව (Sinhalese script)
• ဣဝ or ဢိဝ (Burmese script)
• อิว or อิวะ (Thai script)
• ᩍᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ອິວ or ອິວະ (Lao script)
• ឥវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄨𑅇 (Chakma script)

Particle

𑅇

1. Chakma script form of va (“like, as if”)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• va (Latin script)
• 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• व (Devanagari script)
• ৰ (Bengali script)
• ව (Sinhalese script)
• ဝ (Burmese script)
• ว or วะ (Thai script)
• ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
• វ (Khmer script)

Alternative scripts

• eva (Latin script)
• 𑀏𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• एव (Devanagari script)
• এৰ (Bengali script)
• එව (Sinhalese script)
• ဧဝ or ဨဝ or ဢေဝ (Burmese script)
• เอว or เอวะ (Thai script)
• ᩑᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ເອວ or ເອວະ (Lao script)
• ឯវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• yeva (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• येव (Devanagari script)
• যেৰ (Bengali script)
• යෙව (Sinhalese script)
• ယေဝ (Burmese script)
• เยว or เยวะ (Thai script)
• ᨿᩮᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຍວ or ເຍວະ or ເຢວະ (Lao script)
• យេវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• ñeva (Latin script)
• 𑀜𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ञेव (Devanagari script)
• ঞেৰ (Bengali script)
• ඤෙව (Sinhalese script)
• ဉေဝ or ၺေဝ (Burmese script)
• เญว or เญวะ (Thai script)
• ᨬᩮᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຎວ or ເຎວະ (Lao script)
• ញេវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄐𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Particle

𑅇

1. Chakma script form of va, sandhi form of 𑄃𑄬𑅇 (eva, “even”)