virama

English

Borrowed from Sanskrit विराम (virāma, “stop”).

virama (plural viramas or virama)

A diacritic used in most writing systems of the Indian subcontinent to signify the lack of an inherent vowel.
- a Devanagari example: क (ka) + ् = क् (k)
A sign which serves the same purpose in any writing system.

a diacritic to signify the lack of a vowel

Arabic: وِرَام (ar) m (wirām)
Balinese: adeg-adeg, ᭄ (symbol)
Bengali: হসন্ত (bn) (hośonto), ্ (bn) (symbol)
Burmese: အသတ် (my) (a.sat), ဝိရာမ (wi.rama.), တံခွန် (my) (tamhkwan), ္ (my) (symbol)
Hindi: हलंत (hi) (halant), हलन्त (hi) (halant), विराम (hi) (virām), ् (symbol)
Javanese: ꦥꦁꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (pangkon), ꧀ (symbol)
Kannada: ಹಲಂತ (halanta), ್ (symbol)
Khmer: វិរាម (km) (viriəm)
Malayalam: ചന്ദ്രക്കല (ml) (candrakkala), ് (symbol)
Marathi: हलंत (halanta), ् (symbol)
Odia: ହଳନ୍ତ (haḷanta), ୍ (symbol)
Punjabi: ਹਲਂਤ (halant), ୍ (symbol)
Russian: вира́ма (ru) f (viráma)
Sanskrit: विराम (sa) (virāma), ् (symbol)
Tagalog: pamudpod
Tamil: புள்ளி (ta) (puḷḷi), ் (symbol)
Telugu: విరామ (virāma), హలంతు (halantu), ్ (symbol)
Thai: การันต์ (th) (gaa-ran), ทัณฑฆาต (th) (tan-tá-kâat), พินทุ (th) (pin-tú) (equivalent), ฺ (th) (symbol)
Tibetan: སྲོག་མེད (srog med)