ड

See also: ॾ, ड़, ङ, and इ

ड U+0921, ड DEVANAGARI LETTER DDA ← ठ [U+0920] Devanagari ढ → [U+0922]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖə/

Letter

ड (ḍa)

1. a letter of the Devanagari alphabet

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɖə]

Letter

ड • (ḍa)

1. The eighteenth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɖə/, [ɖɐ]

Letter

ड • (ḍa)

1. the thirteenth consonant in Hindi

See also

• (nuqta form): ड़ (ṛa)
• (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 ^{(Category: Hindi letters) [edit]}

Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖə/

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Letter

ड • (ḍa)

1. The twelfth consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɖʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: ड

Letter

ड • (ḍa)

1. The thirteenth consonant in Nepali.

Rajbanshi

Alternative forms

• डा (ḍā)

Classifier

ड (ḍa)

1. a noun classifier, suffixed after words ending in vowels or voiced consonants, except for र

Related terms

• ट (ṭa)
• खान (khān)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ড (Assamese script)
• ᬟ (Balinese script)
• ড (Bengali script)
• 𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀟 (Brahmi script)
• ဍ (Burmese script)
• ડ (Gujarati script)
• ਡ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌡 (Grantha script)
• ꦝ (Javanese script)
• 𑂙 (Kaithi script)
• ಡ (Kannada script)
• ឌ (Khmer script)
• ຑ (Lao script)
• ഡ (Malayalam script)
• ᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘚 (Modi script)
• ᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐜 (Newa script)
• ଡ (Odia script)
• ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆝 (Sharada script)
• 𑖚 (Siddham script)
• ඩ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩨 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚖 (Takri script)
• ட³ (Tamil script)
• డ (Telugu script)
• ฑ (Thai script)
• ཌ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Imitative; alternatively, short for डमरू "rattle drum".

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɖɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɖɐ/

Noun

ड • (ḍa) stem, ?

1. A sound
2. A kind of drum or tabor
3. Submarine fire
4. Fear
5. An epithet of Śiva

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “डः”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]