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Virama vs Halant - What's the difference?

virama | halant | Synonyms |

Halant is a synonym of virama.



As nouns the difference between virama and halant

is that virama is a diacritic used in most writing systems of the Indian subcontinent to signify the lack of an inherent vowel while halant is a diacritic used in most writing systems of the Indian subcontinent to signify the lack of an inherent vowel.

virama

English

(wikipedia virama)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A diacritic used in most writing systems of the Indian subcontinent to signify the lack of an inherent vowel.
  • * a Devanagari example:
  • A sign which serves the same purpose in any writing system.

    • Synonyms

    * * *

    See also

    *anusvara *candrabindu *sukun / sukuun *visarga

    halant

    English

    (virama)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A diacritic used in most writing systems of the Indian subcontinent to signify the lack of an inherent vowel.
    • a Devanagari example:
  • A sign which serves the same purpose in any writing system.

    • Synonyms

    * virama