झञ्झा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ঝঞ্ঝা (Assamese script)
• ᬛᬜ᭄ᬛᬵ (Balinese script)
• ঝঞ্ঝা (Bengali script)
• 𑰖𑰗𑰿𑰖𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀛𑀜𑁆𑀛𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဈဉ္ဈာ (Burmese script)
• ઝઞ્ઝા (Gujarati script)
• ਝਞ੍ਝਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌝𑌞𑍍𑌝𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦙꦚ꧀ꦙꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂕𑂖𑂹𑂕𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಝಞ್ಝಾ (Kannada script)
• ឈញ្ឈា (Khmer script)
• ຌຎ຺ຌາ (Lao script)
• ഝഞ്ഝാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢝᠠᠨᡳᠶᢝᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘖𑘗𑘿𑘖𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠾᠠᡛᠽᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦶𑦷𑧠𑦶𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐗𑐘𑑂𑐗𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଝଞ୍ଝା (Odia script)
• ꢚꢛ꣄ꢚꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆙𑆚𑇀𑆙𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖖𑖗𑖿𑖖𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ඣඤ‍්ඣා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩤𑩥 𑪙𑩤𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚒𑚓𑚶𑚒𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஜ²ஞ்ஜ²ா (Tamil script)
• ఝఞ్ఝా (Telugu script)
• ฌญฺฌา (Thai script)
• ཛྷ་ཉྫྷཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒗𑒘𑓂𑒗𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨦𑨓𑩇𑨦𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑʱɐɲ.d͡ʑʱɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑʱɐɲ.d͡ʑʱɑː/

Noun

झञ्झा • (jhañjhā) stem, ?

1. The noise of the wind or of falling rain
2. Wind and rain, hurricane, gale
3. A clanking sound, jingling
4. Raining in large drops
5. Anything lost

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “झञ्झा”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]