ङु
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative scripts
- ঙু (Assamese script)
- ᬗᬸ (Balinese script)
- ঙু (Bengali script)
- 𑰒𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀗𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ငု (Burmese script)
- ઙુ (Gujarati script)
- ਙੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌙𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦔꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂑𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಙು (Kannada script)
- ងុ (Khmer script)
- ງຸ (Lao script)
- ങു (Malayalam script)
- ᢛᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘒𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᢊᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦲𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐒𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଙୁ (Odia script)
- ꢖꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆕𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖒𑖲 (Siddham script)
- ඞු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩠𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚎𑚰 (Takri script)
- ஙு (Tamil script)
- ఙు (Telugu script)
- งุ (Thai script)
- ངུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒓𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨏𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
Probably onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation[edit]
Root[edit]
ङु • (ṅu)
- To sound
Derived terms[edit]
- ङवते (ṅavate, “to create sound”)
Descendants[edit]
- → Malayalam: ങുതം (ṅutaṁ)
References[edit]
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “ङु”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
- Monier Williams (1899) “ङु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 380, column 1.