𑅇 U+11147, 𑅇
CHAKMA LETTER VAA
[unassigned: U+11148–U+1114F]
𑅆
[U+11146]
Chakma 𑅐
[U+11150]

Pali edit

Etymology 1 edit

Alternative forms edit

Letter edit

𑅇 (va)

  1. The letter in Chakma script
    • c. 450 AD, Buddhaghosa, Visuddhimagga; extract republished as Zachary Scheuren, Proposal to encode CHAKMA LETTER VAA for Pali[1] (PDF), 2019, page 2:
      𑄖𑄖𑄳𑄢𑄂𑄠𑄁 𑅇𑄌𑄚𑄖𑄴𑄗𑄮𑅁 𑄌𑄢𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄨 𑄖𑄥𑄴𑄟𑄨𑄁 𑄥𑄩𑄣𑄬𑄥𑄪 𑄛𑄢𑄨𑄛𑄫𑄢𑄇𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄂𑄠 𑄛𑅇𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄩𑄖𑄨 𑄌𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄁𑅁 𑅇𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄁 𑄖𑄂𑄠𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄨 𑄢𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄨 𑄖𑄬𑄚𑄂𑄖𑄨 𑅇𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄁𑅁
      tatrāyaṃ vacanattho. caranti tasmiṃ sīlesu paripūrakāritāya pavattantīti cārittaṃ. vāritaṃ tāyanti rakkhanti tenāti vārittaṃ.
      Here, this is the meaning of the words: cāritta: "They behave within that, they proceed fulfilling the virtues"; vāritta: "They protect against what is avoided, they guard against it"
Usage notes edit

Used for the letter ⟨v⟩ either alone or as the initial letter of a consonant cluster. For the second letter of a consonant cluster, a subscript form of the letter 𑄤 ⟨w⟩ is used.

Etymology 2 edit

Alternative forms edit

Particle edit

𑅇

  1. Chakma script form of va (like, as if)

Etymology 3 edit

Alternative forms edit

Particle edit

𑅇

  1. Chakma script form of va, sandhi form of 𑄃𑄬𑅇 (eva, even)