गूँगा gūṅgā
Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.
How to read the transliteration
This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.
| ISO 15919 | On this site |
|---|---|
| c | ch |
| ś | śh |
| ṣ | ṣh |
| r̥ | r̥i |
A few reading pointers:
- ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
- ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
- A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.
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Earlier definition
Definition
Dumb, mute, speechless.
Usual translation
- dumb
Origin of the definition
H گونگا गूंगा gūṅgā [prob. for gūṅ-gāṅ, 'inarticulate sound' = S. क्वण redupl.; — or onomat.], adj. (f. -ī), Dumb, mute, speechless: — gūṅgī pahelī, s.f. A riddle asked in dumb-show (e.g. a finger placed on the forehead denotes karam, 'fate'; and the finger on the cheek signifies kallā, 'cheek': the two words together make karam-kallā, 'cabbage').
Usage in the murlis
Murlis of the day (and original sakar)
12 occurrences
In 11 on 2386 murlis
Avyakts
1 occurrences
In 1 on 1112 murlis
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- Thursday 24 November 2022
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