VIII Vocabulary

Question 1

भाषा

Answer 1

bhāṣā – language

Question 2

वाक्यम्

Answer 2

vākyam – sentence

Question 3

वर्णः

Answer 3

varṇaḥ – sound / letter

Question 4

अक्षरम्

Answer 4

akṣaram – syllable

Those sounds that cannot be made any shorter

Question 5

वर्णमाला

Answer 5

varṇamālā – alphabet / garland of letters

Question 6

लिपिः

Answer 6

lipiḥ – script / writing system

The way in which the alphabet is written

Question 7

स्वरः

Answer 7

svaraḥ – vowel / sound

Question 8

व्यञ्जन

Answer 8

vyañjana – consonant; any sound that is not a svara (vowel)

Question 9

अयोगवाहा

Answer 9

ayogavāha – special signs like anusvāra (ं) and visarga (ः)

Question 10

ह्रस्वस्वर

Answer 10

hrasvasvara – short vowel, such as a, i, u, ṛ, ḷ

Question 11

दीर्घस्वर

Answer 11

dīrghasvara – long vowel, such as ā, ī, ū, ṝ, e, o, ai, au

Question 12

संयुक्तस्वर

Answer 12

saṁyuktasvara – compound vowel (diphthong), such as ai, au

Question 13

वर्गाक्षरः

Answer 13

vargākṣaraḥ – simple consonants

Vijf groepen (ka–ṇa, ca–ña, etc.) volgens articulatie

Question 14

अन्तःस्थः

Answer 14

antaḥsthaḥ – semi-vowel (between vowel and consonant): ya, ra, la, va

Semi-vowels, a comb. of 2 different vowels resulting in a consonant