candrabindu

English

Alternative forms

• chandrabindu, chandravindu, candravindu, chandrobindu, chondrobindu

Etymology

From Sanskrit चन्द्रबिन्दु (candrabindu, literally “moon dot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʌndɹəbɪnduː/, /t͡ʃɔndɹəbɪnduː/

Noun

candrabindu (plural candrabindus)

1. A diacritic used in Indic scripts like Devanagari (ँ), Bengali (ঁ), Gurmukhi ( ਁ), Gujarati (ઁ), Odia (ଁ), and Telugu (ఁ) scripts. It usually indicates that the previous vowel is nasalized. Shown here over the letter "ka" (or in the case of Telugu, after the "ka"):

   Devanagari: कँ

   Bengali: কঁ

   Gurmukhi: ਕਁ

   Gujarati: કઁ

   Odia: କଁ

   Telugu: కఁ

Translations

candrabindu

• Assamese: চন্দ্ৰবিন্দু (sondrobindu)
• Bengali: চন্দ্রবিন্দু (bn) (condrobindu)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 仰月點 / 仰月点 (joeng⁵ jyut⁶ dim²)

  Mandarin: 仰月點 / 仰月点 (zh) (yǎngyuèdiǎn)

• French: chandrabindu m, tchandrabindou (fr) m
• German: Chandrabindu m
• Hindi: चन्द्रबिन्दु (hi) (candrabindu), चंद्रबिंदु (hi) (candrabindu)
• Japanese: チャンドラビンドゥ (ja) (chandorabindu)
• Odia: ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରବିନ୍ଦୁ (or) (candrabindu)
• Russian: чандраби́нду (ru) f or n (čandrabíndu)
• Sanskrit: चन्द्रबिन्दु (sa) (candrabindu)
• Telugu: చంద్రబిందు (candrabindu)
• Thai: จันทรพินทุ (th)
• Urdu: چندربند (candrabindu)

See also

• anusvara
• halant
• killer
• sukun
• visarga
• vowel killer