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candrabindu

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /t͡ʃʌndɹəbɪnduː/
  • /t͡ʃɔndɹəbɪnduː/

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noun

Meaning 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")

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Devanagari: कँ
  • Bengali: কঁ
  • Gurmukhi: ਕਁ
  • Gujarati: કઁ
  • Odia: କଁ
  • Telugu: కఁ

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: চন্দ্ৰবিন্দু (sondrobindu) — candrabindu
  • Bengali: চন্দ্রবিন্দু (condrobindu) — candrabindu
  • Chinese Cantonese: 仰月點 /仰月点 (joeng5 jyut6 dim2) — candrabindu
  • Chinese Mandarin: 仰月點 /仰月点 (yǎngyuèdiǎn) — candrabindu
  • French: chandrabindu — candrabindu
  • French: tchandrabindou — candrabindu
  • German: Chandrabindu — candrabindu
  • Hindi: चन्द्रबिन्दु (candrabindu) — candrabindu
  • Hindi: चंद्रबिंदु (candrabindu) — candrabindu
  • Hindi: ँ (̃) — candrabindu
  • Japanese: チャンドラビンドゥ (chandorabindu) — candrabindu
  • Odia: ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରବିନ୍ଦୁ (candrabindu) — candrabindu
  • Russian: чандраби́нду (čandrabíndu) — candrabindu
  • Sanskrit: चन्द्रबिन्दु (candrabindu) — candrabindu
  • Telugu: చంద్రబిందు (candrabindu) — candrabindu
  • Thai: จันทรพินทุ — candrabindu
  • Urdu: چندربند (candrabindu) — candrabindu