English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sanskrit विराम (virāma, “to stop”).
virama (plural viramas or virama)
- A diacritic used in most writing systems of the Indian subcontinent to signify the lack of an inherent vowel.
- A sign which serves the same purpose in any writing system.
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Translations[edit]
a diacritic to signify the lack of a vowel
- Arabic: وِرَام (ar) m (wirām)
- Balinese: adeg-adeg, ᭄ (symbol)
- Bengali: হসন্ত (bn) (hośonto), ্ (bn) (symbol)
- Burmese: အသတ် (my) (a.sat), ဝိရာမ (wi.rama.), တံခွန် (my) (tamhkwan), ္ (my) (symbol)
- Hindi: हलंत (hi) (halant), हलन्त (hi) (halant), विराम (hi) (virām), ् (symbol)
- Javanese: ꦥꦁꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (pangkon), ꧀ (symbol)
- Kannada: ಹಲಂತ (halanta), ್ (symbol)
- Khmer: វិរាម (km) (viriəm)
- Malayalam: ചന്ദ്രക്കല (ml) (candrakkala), ് (symbol)
- Marathi: हलंत (halanta), ् (symbol)
- Odia: ହଳନ୍ତ (hôḷôntô), ୍ (symbol)
- Punjabi: ਹਲਂਤ (halant), ୍ (symbol)
- Russian: вира́ма (ru) f (viráma)
- Sanskrit: विराम (sa) (virāma), ् (symbol)
- Tagalog: pamudpod
- Tamil: புள்ளி (ta) (puḷḷi), ் (symbol)
- Telugu: విరామ (virāma), హలంతు (halantu), ్ (symbol)
- Thai: การันต์ (th) (gaa-ran), ทัณฑฆาต (th) (tan-tá-kâat), พินทุ (th) (pin-tú) (equivalent), ฺ (th) (symbol)
- Tibetan: སྲོག་མེད (srog med)
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