Where does “candrabindu” come from?
candrabindu (English) comes from Sanskrit चन्द्रबिन्दु, from Sanskrit चन्द्र, from Proto-Indo-Aryan (s)ćandrás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian (s)čandrás, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kand- — to glow, shine; to shine, glow.
candrabindu (English): A diacritic used in Indic scripts like Devanagari, Bengali, Gurmukhi, Gujarati, Odia, and Telugu scripts. It usually indicates that the previous vowel is nasalized. Shown here over the letter "ka" (or in the case of Telugu, after the "ka")
Definitions
- A diacritic used in Indic scripts like Devanagari, Bengali, Gurmukhi, Gujarati, Odia, and Telugu scripts. It usually indicates that the previous vowel is nasalized. Shown here over the letter "ka" (or in the case of Telugu, after the "ka")
Ancestry of “candrabindu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | चन्द्रबिन्दु | candrabindu |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चन्द्र | glittering, shining (as gold), having the brilliancy or hue of light (said of gods, of water and of soma) |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | (s)ćandrás | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | (s)čandrás | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kand- | to glow, shine; to shine, glow |