Malayalam Dictionaryമലയാളം നിഘണ്ടു

പ്രശ്ലേഷം

prashlesham praślēṣaṁ /prɐʃleːʂɐm/

noun · നാമം

The symbol ഽ used in Malayalam for avagraha.

  1. The symbol ഽ used in Malayalam for avagraha.

    Used to mark vocalic gemination or the elision of the inherent vowel a in the process of sandhi in Malayalam.

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रश्लेषः (praśleṣaḥ). श्लेषः (śleṣaḥ) means "to join" or "merge". praśleṣa means "joining well". It became praślēṣaṃ as it denotes the joining of the letter അ.

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