Hindi
Etymology
From Sanskrit हलन्त (halanta, literally “ending in a plough”).
Pronunciation
Noun
हलंत • (halant) m
- halant (virama); a diacritic in Devanagari that removes the inherent vowel अ.
- Synonym: विराम (virām)
Declension
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Adjective
हलंत • (halant)
- (of a word) ending in a consonant; not having the inherent vowel अ at the end