Alternative spellings of this word include Sanunasik.

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Sānunāsika (सानुनासिक).—Nasalized; uttered partly through the nose; cf. सन्ति हि यणः सानुनासिका निरनुनासिकाश्च (santi hi yaṇaḥ sānunāsikā niranunāsikāśca) M. Bh. on P. VI. 1. 67.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Sānunāsika (सानुनासिक):—[sānunāsikaṃ] Nasal voice

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sānunāsika (सानुनासिक).—a S That has over it the nasal character (); also nasal generally;--a letter.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

sānunāsika (सानुनासिक).—a Nasal-a letter.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sānunāsika (सानुनासिक).—

1) Nasalized.

2) Singing through the nose.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Sānunāsika (सानुनासिक):—mfn. nasalized (as a vowel), [Vopadeva]

2) singing through the nose, [Saṃgīta-sārasaṃgraha]

[Sanskrit to German]

Sanunasika in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Sānunāsika (सानुनासिक) [Also spelled sanunasik]:—(a) nasalised; ~[tā] nasalisation.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sānunāsika (ಸಾನುನಾಸಿಕ):—

1) [adjective] articulated by means of partial or complete closing of the mouth, as at the velum, alveolar ridge or lips, so that all or part of the breath passes through the nose, as in pronouncing some consonants; nasal.

2) [adjective] having a nasal sound or consonant.

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Sānunāsika (ಸಾನುನಾಸಿಕ):—

1) [noun] a nasal sound.

2) [noun] a consonant uttered with soft palate lowered and with pasage of air through the nose; a nasal consonant (e.g. ಣ, ನ, ಮ [na, na, ma] etc.).

3) [noun] singing with a nasal sound, considered as a fault.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Sānunāsika (सानुनासिक):—adj. pronounced with a nasal sound; nasal (vowel or consonant); nasalized;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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