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")

How do you pronounce "candrabindu"?

Pronounced //t͡ʃʌndɹəbɪnduː//.

Candrabindu

//t͡ʃʌndɹəbɪnduː// noun

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Noun

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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")
"Devanagari: कँ"

Etymology

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

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