Visarga ( Skt. विसर्ग visarga IAST , translated as send out, release [1] ) is a diacritical mark in Devanagari and some other Indian writing systems, a graphic representation of the sound h arising from s (less often r) at the end of a sentence and at the end of a word or prefix before some consonants [2] . In devanagari, this sign looks like a colon (ः), in IAST it is transcribed as ḥ [3] , in MFA it corresponds to [ h ].
The exact pronunciation of visarga in Vedic texts may vary depending on the Sanskrit school. This is usually an echo from a previous vowel after aspiration: aḥ is pronounced [ɐhᵄ], and iḥ is pronounced [ihⁱ], for example, namaḥ is pronounced / namaha / or kṛtiḥ is pronounced / kritihi /. This phenomenon is a de - buccalization .
Visarga is characteristic of Sanskrit; in Hindi it is rare.
See also
- Idam
- Anusvara
- Samprasarana
- Anunasika
- Wiram
Notes
- ↑ Monier-Williams, Sir Monier. A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged With Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. Oxford University Press, USA; Revised edition. 1920. 1369 p. ISBN-10: 019864308X ISBN-13: 978-0198643081.
- ↑ Kochergina V.A. Textbook for higher education institutions - M .: Philology, 1994. - P. 17. - 336 p.
- ↑ TheUnicodeStandard, version 10.0 - VedicExtensions