ଅଣ

Odia

Etymology

The prothetic /ɔ/ indicates the glide sound that came initially in pronouncing /ɳ/. Compare Bengali আণ (anô).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔɳɔ/

Noun

ଅଣ (aṇa)

1. the name of the letter ଣ (ṇa)

Further reading

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