ङ

See also: ड, ड़, ॾ, and इ

ङ U+0919, ङ DEVANAGARI LETTER NGA ← घ [U+0918] Devanagari च → [U+091A]

Translingual

Letter

ङ (ṅ)

1. The Devanagari script's voiced velar nasal consonant; ṅ: /ŋ/

See also

• Devanagari script consonants: क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, ॸ, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, ॹ, झ़, ड़, ढ़, ष़, य़, ॺ, ऴ, ॻ, ॼ, ॾ, ॿ ^[edit]

Gamale Kham

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋə/

Letter

ङ (ṇa)

1. Used to represent the [ŋ] sound in Gamale Kham

See also

• Devanagari script letters: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ऌ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, ज़, झ़, व़, ह्व, ह्ल, म्ह, न्ह, ह्व़ ^[edit]

References

• Wilde, Christopher P. (2016) “ङ”, in Gamale Kham Phonology Revisited, with Devanagari-based Orthography and Lexicon, Asia-Pacific Linguistics

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ŋə/, [ŋɐ]

Letter

ङ • (ṅa)

1. the fifth consonant in Hindi

See also

• Devanagari script letters: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़ ^[edit]

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ŋʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: ङ

Letter

ङ • (ṅa)

1. The fifth consonant in Nepali.

Newar

Alternative forms

• (Kathmandu) ञ (ña)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ŋə]

Noun

ङ • (ṅa) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐒)

1. (Dolakhae) fish

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ঙ (Assamese script)
• ᬗ (Balinese script)
• ঙ (Bengali script)
• 𑰒 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀗 (Brahmi script)
• င (Burmese script)
• ઙ (Gujarati script)
• ਙ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌙 (Grantha script)
• ꦔ (Javanese script)
• 𑂑 (Kaithi script)
• ಙ (Kannada script)
• ង (Khmer script)
• ງ (Lao script)
• ങ (Malayalam script)
• ᢛᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘒 (Modi script)
• ᢊᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦲 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐒 (Newa script)
• ଙ (Odia script)
• ꢖ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆕 (Sharada script)
• 𑖒 (Siddham script)
• ඞ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩠 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚎 (Takri script)
• ங (Tamil script)
• ఙ (Telugu script)
• ง (Thai script)
• ང (Tibetan script)
• 𑒓 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨏 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ŋɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ŋɐ/

Noun

ङ • (ṅa)

1. An object of sense
2. Desire, wish.
3. An epithet of Śiva

Descendants

• → Malayalam: ങൻ (ṅaṉ)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “ङः”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]