പ്രശ്ലേഷം

Malayalam

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रश्लेषः (praśleṣaḥ). śleṣa means "to join" or "merge". praśleṣa means "joining well". It became praślēṣaṃ as it denotes the joining of the letter അ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /prɐʃleːʂɐm/

Noun

പ്രശ്ലേഷം • (praślēṣaṁ)

The symbol ഽ used in Malayalam for avagraha.
Used to mark vocalic gemination or the elision of the inherent vowel a in the process of sandhi in Malayalam.

Synonyms

Synonym: അവഗ്രഹം (avagrahaṁ)