# व्यञ्जन
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* vyañjana (Latin script)
* 𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ৰ‍্যঞ্জন (Bengali script)
* ව්‍යඤ‍්ජන (Sinhalese script)
* ဝျဉ္ဇန or ဝျၺ္ၹၼ or ဝျၺ်ၹၼ (Burmese script)
* วฺยญฺชน or วยัญชะนะ (Thai script)
* ᩅ᩠ᨿᨬ᩠ᨩᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ວ຺ຍຎ຺ຊນ or ວຍັຎຊະນະ or ວຢັຎຊະນະ (Lao script)
* វ្យញ្ជន (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄳𑄠𑄐𑄴𑄎𑄚 (Chakma script)
* vyañjana (Latin script)
* 𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ৰ‍্যঞ্জন (Bengali script)
* ව්‍යඤ‍්ජන (Sinhalese script)
* ဝျဉ္ဇန or ဝျၺ္ၹၼ or ဝျၺ်ၹၼ (Burmese script)
* วฺยญฺชน or วยัญชะนะ (Thai script)
* ᩅ᩠ᨿᨬ᩠ᨩᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ວ຺ຍຎ຺ຊນ or ວຍັຎຊະນະ or ວຢັຎຊະນະ (Lao script)
* វ្យញ្ជន (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄳𑄠𑄐𑄴𑄎𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Noun

व्यञ्जन n
* Devanagari script form of vyañjana (“mark; letter”)
** c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎, page 4; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:तेसं खो व्यञ्जनानं ककारादयो मकारन्ता पञ्चपञ्चसो अक्खरवन्तो वग्गा नाम होन्ति।Tesaṃ kho vyañjanānaṃ kakārādayo makārantā pañcapañcaso akkharavanto vaggā nāma honti.From 'k' to 'm' of these very consonants are five by five divisions (called such) of consonants.

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* व्यञ्चन (vyañcana)

### Alternative scripts

* ৱ্যঞ্জন (Assamese script)
* ᬯ᭄ᬬᬜ᭄ᬚᬦ (Balinese script)
* ব্যঞ্জন (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰿𑰧𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ဝျဉ္ဇန (Burmese script)
* વ્યઞ્જન (Gujarati script)
* ਵ੍ਯਞ੍ਜਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦾꦚ꧀ꦗꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂹𑂨𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ವ್ಯಞ್ಜನ (Kannada script)
* វ្យញ្ជន (Khmer script)
* ວ຺ຍຎ຺ຊນ (Lao script)
* വ്യഞ്ജന (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠶᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘿𑘧𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠶ᠋ᠠᡛᠽᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧠𑧇𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑑂𑐫𑐘𑑂𑐖𑐣 (Newa script)
* ଵ୍ଯଞ୍ଜନ (Odia script)
* ꢮ꣄ꢫꢛ꣄ꢙꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑇀𑆪𑆚𑇀𑆘𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖿𑖧𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖡 (Siddham script)
* ව්‍යඤ‍්ජන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾 𑪙𑩻𑩥 𑪙𑩣𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚶𑚣𑚓𑚶𑚑𑚝 (Takri script)
* வ்யஞ்ஜந (Tamil script)
* వ్యఞ్జన (Telugu script)
* วฺยญฺชน (Thai script)
* ཝྱ་ཉྫ་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑓂𑒨𑒘𑓂𑒖𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑩇𑨪𑨓𑩇𑨥𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From वि (vi) +‎ अञ्ज् (añj) +‎ अन (ana).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋjɐ́ɲ.d͡ʑɐ.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈʋjɐɲ.d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ/

### Adjective

व्यञ्जन • (vyáñjana) stem
* manifesting, indicating

#### Declension
### Noun

व्यञ्जन • (vyáñjana) stem, m
* (phonetics) consonant
    Antonym: स्वर (svara)
* implied indication, allusion, suggestion
* figurative expression

#### Descendants

* → Hindi: व्यंजन (vyañjan)
* → Marathi: व्यंजन (vyañjan)
* → Gujarati: વ્યંજન (vyañjan)
* → Kannada: ವ್ಯಂಜನ (vyañjana)
* → Telugu: వ్యంజనము (vyañjanamu)
* → Balinese: ᬯ᭄ᬬᬜ᭄ᬚᬦ (wyanjana)

### Noun

व्यञ्जन • (vyáñjana) stem, n
* decoration, ornament
* manifestation, indication
* allusion, suggestion
* figurative expression, irony, sarcasm
* specification
* mark, badge, spot, sign, token
* insignia, paraphernalia
* symptom (of a disease)
* mark of sex or gender (as the beard, breasts etc.), the private parts (male or female)
* anything used in cooking or preparing food, seasoning, sauce, condiment
* consonant
* syllable
* letter
* limb, member, part
* day
* purification of a sacrificial animal
* fan

#### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “व्यञ्जन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1029.