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.

Pronunciation

Root

ङु • (ṅu)

  1. To sound

Derived terms
  • ङवते (ṅavate, “to create sound”)

Descendants
  • → Malayalam: ങുതം (ṅutaṁ)

References
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “ङु”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
  • Monier Williams (1899) “ङु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 380, column 1.
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