halant (English, noun)
expansion: halant (plural halants)
Senses:
glosses: A diacritic used in most writing systems of the Indian subcontinent to signify the lack of an inherent vowel.
glosses: A sign which serves the same purpose in any writing system.
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glosses: A character which binds consonants into a conjunct or some other form of visual combination which is prototypically a visual indication that the first consonant does not have an implicit vowel
Forms:
form: halants
tags: plural
form: halanta
tags: alternative