visarga

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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विसर्ग (visarga).

Noun

visarga (plural visargas)

  1. (phonology, Sanskrit grammar) the voiceless terminal h in Sanskrit
    • 1934, P. S. Subrahmanya Sastri, History of Grammatical Theories in Tamil and Their Relation to the Grammatical Literature in Sanskrit:
      XXV of Centamil published by the Tamil Sangam at Madura that in ancient times āytam was represented by visarga.

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Noun

visarga m (plural visargas)

  1. (Sanskrit phonetics) visarga (voiceless h in Sanskrit)
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