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halant

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See also: hâlant and

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindi हलंत (halant). The computing sense arises from the diacritic sense through the use in w:ISCII of the same computer character to act, depending on context and font capabilities, as either a visual diacritic or as a control character modifying a pair of consonants.

Noun

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halant (plural halants)

  1. A diacritic used in most writing systems of the Indian subcontinent to signify the lack of an inherent vowel.
    a Devanagari example: (ka) + = क् (k)
  2. A sign which serves the same purpose in any writing system.
  3. (computing) A character which binds consonants into a conjunct or some other form of visual combination which is prototypically a visual indication that the first consonant does not have an implicit vowel

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Catalan

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Verb

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halant

  1. gerund of halar

French

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Participle

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halant

  1. present participle of haler

Latin

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Verb

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hālant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of hālō

Norman

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Verb

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halant

  1. present participle of haler

Noun

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halant m (plural halants)

  1. (Jersey) current (of tide)

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