च

च U+091A, च DEVANAGARI LETTER CA ← ङ [U+0919] Devanagari छ → [U+091B]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕə/, /t͡ʃə/, /t͡sə/

Letter

च (c)

1. a letter of the Devanagari alphabet; c /t͡ʃ/

See also

• Devanagari script consonants: क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, ॸ, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, ॹ, झ़, ड़, ढ़, ष़, य़, ॺ, ऴ, ॻ, ॼ, ॾ, ॿ ^[edit]

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃə] (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

Letter

च • (cha)

1. The twenty-fourth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə/, [t͡ʃɐ]

Letter

च • (ca)

1. the sixth consonant in Hindi

See also

• Devanagari script letters: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़ ^[edit]

Kullu Pahari

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [c͡ç]

Letter

च (c)

1. Used to represent the [c͡ç] sound in Kullui.

Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕə/, /t͡sə/

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Letter

च • (ca, ċa)

1. The fifth consonant in Marathi

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: च

Letter

च • (ca)

1. The sixth consonant in Nepali.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ca (Latin script)
• 𑀘 (Brahmi script)
• চ (Bengali script)
• ච (Sinhalese script)
• စ or ၸ (Burmese script)
• จ or จะ (Thai script)
• ᨧ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈ or ຈະ (Lao script)
• ច (Khmer script)
• 𑄌 (Chakma script)

Particle

च (ca)

1. Devanagari script form of ca

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• চ (Assamese script)
• ᬘ (Balinese script)
• চ (Bengali script)
• 𑰓 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘 (Brahmi script)
• စ (Burmese script)
• ચ (Gujarati script)
• ਚ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚 (Grantha script)
• ꦕ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒 (Kaithi script)
• ಚ (Kannada script)
• ច (Khmer script)
• ຈ (Lao script)
• ച (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔 (Newa script)
• ଚ (Odia script)
• ꢗ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓 (Siddham script)
• ච (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏 (Takri script)
• ச (Tamil script)
• చ (Telugu script)
• จ (Thai script)
• ཙ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *-ća, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ča, from Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe (“and”). Cognates include Avestan 𐬗𐬀 (ca), Old Persian -𐎨𐎠 (-c-a /⁠cā⁠/), Latin -que, Ancient Greek τε (te), Gothic -𐌿𐌷 (-uh).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ/

Conjunction

च • (ca) (enclitic)

1. and, both, also, moreover, as well as

   अविर् अश्वाश् च

   ávir áśvāś ca

   the sheep and the horses

Usage notes

• When च is used to connect items of lists with two or more objects, it is either placed after each item or at the end of the list.

  रामश् च लक्ष्मणश् च। Rāmaś ca Lakṣmaṇaś ca. Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.

  त्वम् अहं च। tvam aham ca. You and I.

Descendants

• Kalasha: že
• Pali: ca

Sherpa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sa/

Letter

च (tsa)

1. Used to represent the [t͡s] sound in Sherpa.