च
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Translingual
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕə/, /t͡ʃə/, /t͡sə/
Letter
च (c)
- a letter of the Devanagari alphabet; c /t͡ʃ/
See also
- Devanagari script consonants: क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, ॸ, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, ॹ, झ़, ड़, ढ़, ष़, य़, ॺ, ऴ, ॻ, ॼ, ॾ, ॿ [edit]
Dhivehi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ʃə]
Letter
च • (cha)
- The twenty-fourth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃə/, [t͡ʃɐ]
Letter
च • (ca)
See also
- Devanagari script letters: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़ [edit]
Kullu Pahari
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [c͡ç]
Letter
च (c)
- Used to represent the [c͡ç] sound in Kullui. [1]
Marathi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕə/, /t͡sə/
Audio: (file)
Letter
च • (ca, ċa)
Nepali
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡sʌ]
- Phonetic Devanagari: च
Letter
च • (ca)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Particle
च (ca)
- Devanagari script form of ca
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- চ (Assamese script)
- ᬘ (Balinese script)
- চ (Bengali script)
- 𑰓 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘 (Brahmi script)
- စ (Burmese script)
- ચ (Gujarati script)
- ਚ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚 (Grantha script)
- ꦕ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒 (Kaithi script)
- ಚ (Kannada script)
- ច (Khmer script)
- ຈ (Lao script)
- ച (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔 (Newa script)
- ଚ (Odia script)
- ꢗ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓 (Siddham script)
- ච (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏 (Takri script)
- ச (Tamil script)
- చ (Telugu script)
- จ (Thai script)
- ཙ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *-ća, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ča, from Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe (“and”). Cognates include Avestan 𐬗𐬀 (ca), Old Persian -𐎨𐎠 (-c-a /cā/), Latin -que, Ancient Greek τε (te), Gothic -𐌿𐌷 (-uh).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐ/
Conjunction
च • (ca) (enclitic)
- and, both, also, moreover, as well as
- अविर् अश्वाश् च
- ávir áśvāś ca
- the sheep and the horses
Usage notes
- When च is used to connect items of lists with two or more objects, it is either placed after each item or at the end of the list.
Descendants
Sherpa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sa/
Letter
च (tsa)
- Used to represent the [t͡s] sound in Sherpa. [2]