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A dot above a letter, marking a nasal.
Also known as: Bindu, Nasal dot, Dot above a letter, Anusvāra
The anusvara is a dot above the line marking a nasal sound, and which nasal it represents depends on the consonant that follows — the same dot is pronounced differently in different words. It is a written economy: one mark for five distinct nasals.
Denotes a nasal sound in Devanagari and related scripts, written as a dot above the line.
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Represents whichever nasal matches the following consonant's place of articulation, so one mark stands for five different sounds.
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Contrasts with the chandrabindu, which marks nasalisation of the vowel itself rather than a nasal consonant.
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A single small dot placed above the horizontal headstroke of a Devanagari letter.