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visarga

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

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noun

Meaning 1

the voiceless terminal h in Sanskrit

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Sanskrit

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विसर्ग (visarga).

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: বিসর্গ (biśorgo) — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Bengali: ঃ — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Burmese: ရှေ့ကပေါက် (hre.ka.pauk) — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Burmese: ဝစ္စပေါက် (wacca.pauk) — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Burmese: ရှေ့ဆီး (hre.hci:) — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Burmese: း — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 止韻 /止韵 (zhǐyùn) — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Finnish: visarga — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • French: visarga — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Hindi: विसर्ग (visarg) — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Hindi: ः — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Japanese: ヴィサルガ (visaruga) — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Khmer: រះមុខ (rĕəh muk) — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Khmer: វិសគ៌ — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Khmer: វិសជ្ជនីយ (vɨhccɔɔniiy) — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Khmer: (symbol)ះ — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Malayalam: വിസർഗം (visaṟgaṁ) — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Malayalam: ഃ — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Odia: ବିସର୍ଗ (bisarga) — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Odia: ଃ (ḥ) — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Portuguese: visarga — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Russian: ви́сарга (vísarga) — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Sanskrit: विसर्ग (visarga) — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Sanskrit: ः — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Sinhalese: ඃ — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Sundanese: pangwisad — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Tamil: ஃ — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Tamil: முப்புள்ளி (muppuḷḷi) — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Tamil: ஆய்தம் (āytam) — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Telugu: విసర్గ (visarga) — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Telugu: ః — voiceless h in Sanskrit
  • Thai: วิสรรชนีย์ (wí-sǎn-chá-nii) — voiceless h in Sanskrit