Where does “virama” come from?

virama (English) comes from Sanskrit विराम — termination, stop.

virama (English): A diacritic used in most writing systems of the...

Definitions

  1. A diacritic used in most writing systems of the...

Ancestry of “virama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritविरामtermination, stop
Every word from Sanskrit विराम