halant
See also: hâlant
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi हलंत (halant). The computing sense arises from the diacritic sense through the use in w:ISCII of the same computer character to act, depending on context and font capabilities, as either a visual diacritic or as a control character modifying a pair of consonants.
Noun
halant (plural halants)
- A diacritic used in most writing systems of the Indian subcontinent to signify the lack of an inherent vowel.
- a Devanagari example: क (ka) + ् = क् (k)
- A sign which serves the same purpose in any writing system.
- (computing) A character which binds consonants into a conjunct or some other form of visual combination which is prototypically a visual indication that the first consonant does not have an implicit vowel
Synonyms
Translations
virama — see virama
Anagrams
Catalan
Verb
halant
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French
Participle
halant
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) hālant
Norman
Verb
halant
Noun
halant m (plural halants)
Synonyms
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