ङु
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ঙু (Assamese script)
- ᬗᬸ (Balinese script)
- ঙু (Bengali script)
- 𑰒𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀗𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ငု (Burmese script)
- ઙુ (Gujarati script)
- ਙੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌙𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦔꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂑𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಙು (Kannada script)
- ងុ (Khmer script)
- ງຸ (Lao script)
- ങു (Malayalam script)
- ᢛᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘒𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᢊᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦲𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐒𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଙୁ (Odia script)
- ꢖꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆕𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖒𑖲 (Siddham script)
- ඞු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩠𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚎𑚰 (Takri script)
- ஙு (Tamil script)
- ఙు (Telugu script)
- งุ (Thai script)
- ངུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒓𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨏𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Probably onomatopoeic. Related to नु and/or कु.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ŋu/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ŋu/
Root
ङु • (ṅu)
- To sound
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ङु (0 c, 1 e)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ङु not found
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- ङवते (ṅavate) (Passive)
- ञुणूषते (ñuṇūṣate) (Desiderative)
- ङुत (ṅuta)[1]
Descendants
- → Malayalam: ങുതം (ṅutaṁ)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “ङु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 380, column 1.