Definitions
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- noun A
diacritic used in most writing systems of the Indian subcontinent to signify the lack of an inherent vowel. - noun A sign which serves the same purpose in any writing system.
Etymologies
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From Hindi हलन्त (halant)
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Examples
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Ipfa Paphum fublimis abit, fedesque revifit Laeta fuas: ubi templum illi, centumcfue Sabaeo Ture calent arae, fertisque recentibus halant.
P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Virgil, Gilbert Wakefield 1796
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Kec C1711S efi ubiRomaJtuiftatfosta rtii-nis RomafupSy buftumque calet, vtgor tgnetis errat Fer cmeresj halant exttncia cadaverafamam -,
Reverendissimi patris Fr. Francisci de Macedo ... Carmina selecta 1683
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i Faphum fublimis abit, fedesque revifit ta foas: ubi templum illi, centumque Sabaeo t calent arae, fertisque rccentibus halant.
P. Virgilii Maronis opera: emendabat et notulis illustr. G. Wakefield Virgil, Publius Vergilius Maro 1796
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