U+091B, छ
DEVANAGARI LETTER CHA

[U+091A]
Devanagari
[U+091C]

Translingual

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰə/, /t͡ʃʰə/, /t͡sʰə/

Letter

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(ch)

  1. a letter of the Devanagari alphabet; ch /tʃʰ/

See also

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Hindi

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(cha)

  1. the seventh consonant in Hindi

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Kullu Pahari

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(ch)

  1. Used to represent the [c͡çʰ] sound in Kullui. [1]

Marathi

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰə/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

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(cha)

  1. The sixth consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

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Nepali numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5
6
7  → 
    Cardinal: (cha)
    Ordinal: छैटौँ (chaiṭa͠u)
    Multiplier: छगुना (chagunā)

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [t͡sʰʌ]
  • Phonetic Devanagari:

Letter

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(cha)

  1. the seventh consonant in Nepali

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ), cognate with Hindi छह (chah).

Numeral

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(cha)

  1. six

Etymology 3

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Verb

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(cha)

  1. third-person singular low-respect defining present of हुनु (hunu)

Newar

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Pronunciation

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Numeral

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(cha)

  1. one

Alternative forms

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Numeral

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(cha)

  1. Devanagari script form of cha (“six”)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎[2], page 250; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      अथ सब्बासं विभत्तीनं यानि यानि पुब्बानि पदानि तानि तानि परस्सपदसञ्ञानि होन्ति।
      Atha sabbāsaṃ vibhattīnaṃ yāni yāni pubbāni cha padāni, tāni tāni parassapadasaññāni honti.
      Then whatever are the first six endings of all the endings, they are called the active endings.

Declension

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Optionally indeclinable.

Prakrit

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Numeral

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(cha) (cardinal number)

  1. Devanagari script form of 𑀙

Sherpa

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(tsha)

  1. Used to represent the [t͡sʰ] sound in Sherpa. [3]