halant

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Noun

halant (plural halants)

1. A diacritic used in most writing systems of the Indian subcontinent to signify the lack of an inherent vowel.

   a Devanagari example: क + ् = क्

2. A sign which serves the same purpose in any writing system.
3. (computing) A character which binds consonants into a conjunct or some other form of visual combination which is prototypically a visual indication that the first consonant does not have an implicit vowel

Synonyms

• virama

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