U+0918, घ
DEVANAGARI LETTER GHA

[U+0917]
Devanagari
[U+0919]

Translingual

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʱə/

Letter

(gha)

  1. the Devanagari script's voiced, aspirated guttural consonant; g /gʱ/

See also

Gamale Kham

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡə̤/

Letter

(gha)

  1. Used to represent the [ɡV̤] sound in Gamale Kham

See also

References

  • Wilde, Christopher P. (2016) “”, in Gamale Kham Phonology Revisited, with Devanagari-based Orthography and Lexicon, Asia-Pacific Linguistics

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡʱə/, [ɡʱɐ]

Letter

• (gha)

  1. the fourth consonant in Hindi

See also

Marathi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʱə/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

• (gha)

  1. The fourth consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡʱʌ̤]
  • Phonetic Devanagari:

Letter

• (gha)

  1. The fourth consonant in Nepali.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • घा (ghā)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰo. Cognate to Ancient Greek γε (ge). See also (ha), हि ().

Pronunciation

Particle

• (gha)

  1. at least, surely, only, at any rate
  2. verily, indeed, in fact
  3. especially, in particular

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 375, column 1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 511