व
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व
va
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How does it look?
Like ब but missing the line across the little loop. This has a horizontal line across the top, a full height verticle line on the right. In the middle, on the left side is a little loop.
How does it sound?
Letters and sounds commonly confused with
How to write it?
How to type it?
If you are using a US English keyboard with the standard Devanagari/Hindi layout, then you would press "b"
(see "How to type in Hindi" for more information about setting up your computer.)
Words
At the Beginning
वन - forrest
वह - he/she/it/that
वध - murder
वश - control, in power
वचन - promise
वजह - reason
वट - Banyan tree
In the Middle
हवन - ceremony where an offering is made to the fire god
भवन - mansion
सावन - name of the fifth month of the Hindu lunar calendar (July - August)
शावधान - attentive
पावस - rainy season
पावन - holy, sacred
At the End
पाव - fourth part, quarter
गौरव - pride
चलाव - motion, movement
With other vowels
सवार - rider
चलावा - custom
Related Podcasts
Hindi Consonants Bundle - March 2009 - CD 3 Track 4
