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व्यञ्जन

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Pali

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Noun

व्यञ्जन n

  1. Devanagari script form of vyañjana (“mark; letter”)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (overall work in Pali), page 4; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      तेसं खो व्यञ्जनानं ककारादयो मकारन्ता पञ्चपञ्चसो अक्खरवन्तो वग्गा नाम होन्ति।
      Tesaṃ kho vyañjanānaṃ kakārādayo makārantā pañcapañcaso akkharavanto vaggā nāma honti.
      From 'k' to 'm' of these very consonants are five by five divisions (called such) of consonants.

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From वि (vi) + अञ्ज् (añj) + अन (ana).

Pronunciation

Adjective

व्यञ्जन (vyáñjana) stem

  1. manifesting, indicating

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Noun

व्यञ्जन (vyáñjana) stem, n

  1. (phonetics) consonant
    Antonym: स्वर (svara)
  2. implied indication, allusion, suggestion
  3. figurative expression

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  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Hindi: व्यंजन (vyañjan)
  • Marathi: व्यंजन (vyañjan)
  • Gujarati: વ્યંજન (vyañjan)
  • Kannada: ವ್ಯಂಜನ (vyañjana)
  • Telugu: వ్యంజనము (vyañjanamu)
  • Balinese: wyanjana

Noun

व्यञ्जन (vyáñjana) stem, n

  1. decoration, ornament
  2. manifestation, indication
  3. allusion, suggestion
  4. figurative expression, irony, sarcasm
  5. specification
  6. mark, badge, spot, sign, token
  7. insignia, paraphernalia
  8. symptom (of a disease)
  9. mark of sex or gender (as the beard, breasts etc.), the private parts (male or female)
  10. anything used in cooking or preparing food, seasoning, sauce, condiment
  11. consonant
  12. syllable
  13. letter
  14. limb, member, part
  15. day
  16. purification of a sacrificial animal
  17. fan

Declension

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  • ¹Vedic

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