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candrabindu

/t͡ʃʌndɹəbɪnduː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
can-dra-bindu
IPA
/t͡ʃʌndɹəbɪnduː/
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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")

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *(s)kend-, चन्द्

Inflected Forms

candrabindus (plural) chandrabindu (alternative) chandravindu (alternative) candravindu (alternative) chandrobindu (alternative) chondrobindu (alternative)

Phrases

vowel killer

Frequently Paired Words

anusvara halant killer sukun visarga vowel killer

Questions

How do you pronounce candrabindu?
The recorded pronunciation is /t͡ʃʌndɹəbɪnduː/.
What does candrabindu mean?
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")
Where does candrabindu come from?
Borrowed from Sanskrit चन्द्रबिन्दु (candrabindu, literally “moon dot”).

How to pronounce candrabindu

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