চন্দ্রবিন্দু

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Bengali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चन्द्रबिन्दु (candrabindu). By surface analysis, চন্দ্র (condro) +‎ বিন্দু (bindu)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /tʃɔnd̪ɾobind̪u/, [ˈtʃɔnd̪ːɾobind̪uˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕɔnd̪ɹobind̪u/, [ˈtɕɔnd̪ːɹobind̪uˑ]
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Noun[edit]

চন্দ্রবিন্দু (condrobindu) (genitive চন্দ্রবিন্দুর (condrobindur), locative চন্দ্রবিন্দুতে (condrobindute))

  1. (grammar, typography) chandrabindu (the "moon dot" nasal vowel marker of the Bengali script)

See also[edit]