Other script marks

Question 1

ং
/ng/

Answer 1

Name: Onushvar
This is the same as ঙ and likewise appears in the middle or at the end of words.
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E.g. বাংলা /bangla/ (Bengali).

Question 2

ঃ

Answer 2

Name: Bishorgo
Most commonly this adds a breathy “h” sound if it appears at the end of a word. Ex. এঃ /eh/ (eh!). If it appears in the middle, it usually doubles the consonant that follows. E.g. দুঃখ /ddukho/ (sad).

Question 3

‍ঁ

Answer 3

Name: Chondro Bindu

This makes the vowel nasal. For example the only difference between এর /er/ (of) and
এঁর /ẽr/ (honorific third-person possessive, his/her) is the nasalized vowel. Nasalization is much more common in dialects around Kolkata than in Bangladesh.

Question 4

‍্

Answer 4

Name : virama

A consonant with this beneath it is pronounced without a vowel. For example ক‍্ can only be pronounced as k.

Question 5

ৎ

Answer 5

Name: Khande Taw
This is the unaspirated dental
/t/ (ত). It sometimes appears in the middle or end of words.
E.g. শরৎ /sharat/ (fall/autumn).

Question 6

র্ক

Answer 6

This dash above ক is র connected before the ক. It make makes a /r/ sound and can be applied to any consonant.

For example: বর্ষা /borsha/ (rain). Without the dash this would be pronounced /bosha/.

The dash can also placed below like this ক্

Question 7

‍‍্র
/ri/

Answer 7

This is র after another consonant.
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E.g. প্রথম /prothom/ (first).

Question 8

‍‍্য

Answer 8

When য or য় occurs as the second part of a consonant construct it is written as ্য

Name: yo-phola

In the middle or end of a word , it doubles the consonant before it.
E.g. ধন্যবাদ /dhannabād/ (thank you), সাহিত্য /shahitto/ (literature).

But if it is followed by া to form ্যা then it has the sound /æ/ (aye).

At the beginning of a word, it also usually has an /æ/ sound, unless the next vowel is an i or u sound.
E.g. ব্যথা /bætha/ (pain).