avagraha

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit अवग्रह (avagraha).

Noun

avagraha (plural avagrahas)

1. A symbol (ऽ) used in the Devanagari script and other Indian scripts, used to mark vocalic gemination or the elision of the inherent vowel a in the process of sandhi in Sanskrit.

Translations

symbol

• Bengali: অবগ্রহ (bn) (obogroho)
• Chinese:

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• Gujarati: અવગ્રહ (avagrah)
• Hindi: अवग्रह m (avagrah)
• Malayalam: പ്രശ്ലേഷം (ml) (praślēṣaṁ), അവഗ്രഹം (ml) (avagrahaṁ)
• Sanskrit: अवग्रह (sa) m (avagraha)