ल
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Translingual
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lə/ (may vary by language)
Letter
ल (la)
- traditionally considered the second semivowel of the Devanagari script, but representing a consonant /l/
Usage notes
- Linguistically it is considered a lateral dental/alveolar approximant.
Dhivehi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lə]
Letter
ल • (la)
- The fourteenth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /lə/, [lɐ]
Letter
ल • (la)
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]
Marathi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lə/
Audio: (file)
Letter
ल • (la)
Nepali
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lʌ]
- Phonetic Devanagari: ल
Letter
ल • (la)
Particle
ल • (la)
Noun
ल • (la)
- a yes
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- ল (Assamese script)
- ᬮ (Balinese script)
- ল (Bengali script)
- 𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- လ (Burmese script)
- લ (Gujarati script)
- ਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲 (Grantha script)
- ꦭ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪 (Kaithi script)
- ಲ (Kannada script)
- ល (Khmer script)
- ລ (Lao script)
- ല (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮 (Newa script)
- ଲ (Odia script)
- ꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩 (Siddham script)
- ල (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥 (Takri script)
- ல (Tamil script)
- ల (Telugu script)
- ล (Thai script)
- ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ল (Assamese script)
- ᬮ (Balinese script)
- ল (Bengali script)
- 𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- လ (Burmese script)
- લ (Gujarati script)
- ਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲 (Grantha script)
- ꦭ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪 (Kaithi script)
- ಲ (Kannada script)
- ល (Khmer script)
- ລ (Lao script)
- ല (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮 (Newa script)
- ଲ (Odia script)
- ꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩 (Siddham script)
- ල (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥 (Takri script)
- ல (Tamil script)
- ల (Telugu script)
- ล (Thai script)
- ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /lɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /l̪ɐ/
Etymology 1
Letter
ल • (la)
- the twenty-eighth consonant in Sanskrit
- the third semivowel in Sanskrit, corresponding to the vowels ऌ (ḷ) and ॡ (ḹ)
See also
- Devanagari script letters: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ॠ, ऌ, ॡ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, ऽ, 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, ळ, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष [edit]
Etymology 2
Coined by Pāṇini.
Particle
ल • (la)
- a technical term for all the tenses and moods of a finite verb or for the terminations of those tenses and moods
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 891.