আণ

Bengali

Etymology

The prothetic /ɑ/ indicates the glide sound that came initially in pronouncing /*ɳ/. Compare Odia ଅଣ (ôṇô).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ.nɔ/
  • (East Rāṛha) IPA^(key): [ˈänoˑ]

Noun

আণ • (anô)

1. (obsolete) the name of the letter ণ (no)

   Synonym: মূর্ধন্য ণ (murdhônnô nô)

Further reading

• Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎^[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 524