हलंत

Hindi

Alternative forms

• हलन्त (halant)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हलन्त (halanta, literally “ending in a plough”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.lənt̪/, [ɦɐ.lɐ̃n̪t̪]

Noun

हलंत • (halant) m

1. halant (virama) (a diacritic in Devanagari that removes the inherent vowel अ)

   Synonym: विराम (virām)

Declension

Declension of हलंत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हलंत halant	हलंत halant
oblique	हलंत halant	हलंतों halantõ
vocative	हलंत halant	हलंतो halanto

Adjective

हलंत • (halant) (indeclinable)

1. (of a word) ending in a consonant; not having the inherent vowel अ at the end