പ്രശ്ലേഷം

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Malayalam[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit प्रश्लेषः (praśleṣaḥ). śleṣa means "to join" or "merge". praśleṣa means "joining well". It became praślēṣaṃ as it denotes the joining of the letter അ.

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Noun[edit]

പ്രശ്ലേഷം (praślēṣaṁ)

  1. The symbol used in Malayalam for avagraha.
    Used to mark vocalic gemination or the elision of the inherent vowel a in the process of sandhi in Malayalam.

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