English

Alternative forms

• chandrabindu
• chandravindu
• candravindu
• chôndrobindu

Noun

candrabindu ‎(plural candrabindus)

1. A diacritic used in the Devanagari (ँ), Bengali (ঁ), Gurmukhi ( ਁ), Gujarati (ઁ), Oriya (ଁ), 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"):
   • Devanagari: कँ
   • Bengali: কঁ
   • Gurmukhi: ਕਁ
   • Gujarati: કઁ
   • Oriya: କଁ
   • Telugu: కఁ

Translations

See also

• anusvara
• halant
• killer
• sukun
• visarga
• vowel killer