हलंत

Hindi

Alternative forms

• हलन्त (halant)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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)

Adjective

हलंत • (halant)

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