Malayalam word senses marked with topical category "Diacritical marks"

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Total 9 word senses

• ഀ (Character) This character is mostly restricted to grantha script texts for transcribing Sanskrit and Prakrits. In it the normal anusvara ം represents gemination of the next consonant and this anusvara represents an actual linguistic anusvara.
• ഁ (Character) This character denotes the chandrabindu found in other brahmic scripts and cognates with ँ; it nasalises the preceding vowel. It was used to transcribe Sanskrit and Prakrit texts and it isn't used natively in Malayalam.
• ഻ (Character) Like the chandrakala and circular virama, the vertical bar virama was used to delete the inheret vowel from the consonant but it was used between 1700s to 1860s (possible even before) in loanwords while circular virama in native words at the same time and chandrakala in later times.
• ഼ (Character) Like the chandrakala and vertical bar virama, the circular virama was used to delete the inheret vowel from the consonant but it was used between 1700s to 1860s in native words while vertical bar virama in loanwords at the same time and chandrakala in later times.
• ് (Character) ചന്ദ്രക്കല (candrakkala). Malayalam diacritic for virama; it is used to signify the lack of an inherent vowel.
• ്യ (Character) A Malayalam diacritic for യ (ya) called കീയക്കൂട്ടം or വീച്ചിൽ, when appended to a constant, it can indicate a conjunct consonant followed by /ja/ or palatalization in some cases.
• ്ര (Character) A Malayalam diacritical mark for ര (ra) called കേരക്കൂട്ടം or കേറക്കൂട്ടം, when appended to a constant, it can indicate a conjunct consonant followed by /ra/.
• ്ല (Character) A Malayalam diacritical symbol for ല (la), called കേലക്കൂട്ടം or കേളക്കൂട്ടം, when appended to a consonant it can indicate a conjunct constant followed by ല (la).
• ൎ (Character) In the traditional orthography, a dead consonant r before a consonant sometimes takes an above-base form, known as a dot reph, which looks like a short vertical line or a dot. Generally, a chillu-r (ർ) is used instead of a dot reph in the reformed orthography. In writing it was sometimes confused with the vertical bar virama ഻ but they are used for different purposes.

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