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⚫ | '''Avagraha''' ('''{{lang|sa|ऽ}}''') is a symbol used to indicate [[prodelision]] of an {{lang|sa|अ}} ''({{IAST|a}})'' in many Indian languages like Sanskrit as shown below. It is usually transliterated with an apostrophe in Roman script and, in case of Devanagari, as in the [[Sanskrit]] philosophical expression {{lang|sa|शिवोऽहम्}} ''{{IAST|Śivo'ham}}'' (''{{IAST|Śivaḥ aham}}''), which is a [[sandhi]] of ({{lang|sa|शिवः}} + {{lang|sa|अहम्}}) ‘I am [[Shiva]]’. The avagraha is also used for prolonging vowel sounds in some languages, for example [[Hindi]] {{lang|hi|माँऽऽऽ!}} for ‘Mā̃ā̃ā̃ā̃!’ when calling to one's mother, or when transliterating foreign words in instant messaging: for example, 'cool' can be transliterated as {{lang|hi|कूऽल}}. {{citation needed|date=February 2023}} |
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⚫ | In the case of Hindi, the character is also sometimes used as a symbol to denote long or heavy syllables, in [[Sanskrit prosody|metrical poetry]]. For example, the syllables in the word {{lang|sa|छंदः}} ''{{IAST|chandaḥ}}'' ‘metre’ (in [[nominative]]) can be denoted as "{{lang|sa|ऽऽ}}", meaning two long syllables. (Cf. other notations in entry "[[Systems of scansion]]".) |
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⚫ | '''Avagraha''' ('''{{lang|sa|ऽ}}''') is a symbol used to indicate [[prodelision]] of an {{lang|sa|अ}} ''{{IAST|a}}'' in many |
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In some languages specialy in poem in the last (…)three dots are used which is Alternative of this 'ಽ' symbol ,which indicates to elongate the word/letter. |
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⚫ | In case of Hindi, the character is also sometimes used as a symbol to denote long or heavy syllables, in [[Sanskrit prosody|metrical poetry]]. For example, the syllables in the word {{lang|sa|छंदः}} ''{{IAST|chandaḥ}}'' ‘metre’ (in [[nominative]]) can be denoted as "{{lang|sa|ऽऽ}}", meaning two long syllables. (Cf. other notations in entry "[[Systems of scansion]]".) |
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==Avagraha in Unicode== |
==Avagraha in Unicode== |
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|྅ || U+0F85 || [[Tibetan script|Tibetan]] sign paluta |
|྅ || U+0F85 || [[Tibetan script|Tibetan]] sign paluta |
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|ៜ || U+17DC || [[Khmer script|Khmer]] sign avakraha |
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|ᢅ || U+1885 || [[Mongolian script|Mongolian]] [[Galik alphabet|Galik]] sign baluda |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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[[Category:Brahmic diacritics]] |
[[Category:Brahmic diacritics]] |
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Latest revision as of 20:18, 17 January 2024
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Avagraha |
Avagraha (ऽ) is a symbol used to indicate prodelision of an अ (a) in many Indian languages like Sanskrit as shown below. It is usually transliterated with an apostrophe in Roman script and, in case of Devanagari, as in the Sanskrit philosophical expression शिवोऽहम् Śivo'ham (Śivaḥ aham), which is a sandhi of (शिवः + अहम्) ‘I am Shiva’. The avagraha is also used for prolonging vowel sounds in some languages, for example Hindi माँऽऽऽ! for ‘Mā̃ā̃ā̃ā̃!’ when calling to one's mother, or when transliterating foreign words in instant messaging: for example, 'cool' can be transliterated as कूऽल. [citation needed]
In the case of Hindi, the character is also sometimes used as a symbol to denote long or heavy syllables, in metrical poetry. For example, the syllables in the word छंदः chandaḥ ‘metre’ (in nominative) can be denoted as "ऽऽ", meaning two long syllables. (Cf. other notations in entry "Systems of scansion".)
Avagraha in Unicode[edit]
The avagraha symbol is encoded at several Unicode points, for various Brahmic scripts that use it.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Character | Unicode character number | Full Unicode name |
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ऽ | U+093D | Devanagari sign avagraha |
꣱ | U+A8F1 | Combining Devanagari sign avagraha |
ꣷ | U+A8F7 | Devanagari sign candrabindu avagraha |
ঽ | U+09BD | Bengali sign avagraha |
ઽ | U+0ABD | Gujarati sign avagraha |
ଽ | U+0B3D | Odia sign avagraha |
ఽ | U+0C3D | Telugu sign avagraha |
ಽ | U+0CBD | Kannada sign avagraha |
ഽ | U+0D3D | Malayalam sign avagraha |
ᮺ | U+1BBA | Sundanese sign avagraha |
𑓄 | U+114C4 | Tirhuta sign avagraha |
྅ | U+0F85 | Tibetan sign paluta |
ៜ | U+17DC | Khmer sign avakraha |
ᢅ | U+1885 | Mongolian Galik sign baluda |