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Type of secondary articulation in speech
velarization is transcribed by one of four diacritics: A tilde or swung dash through the letter U+0334 ◌̴ COMBINING TILDE OVERLAY covers velarization
Velarization
Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨l⟩ in IPA
of velarization or pharyngealization. The regular symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are ⟨lˠ⟩ (for a velarized lateral)
Voiced dental and alveolar lateral approximants
Voiced_dental_and_alveolar_lateral_approximants
Secondary articulatory feature of sounds in some languages
labialized sounds also have simultaneous velarization, and the process may then be more precisely called labio-velarization. The labialization of bilabial consonants
Labialization
Phonetic feature
articulation (palatalization, velarization, or labiovelarization). The palatalized consonants are regarded as "light", and the velarized and rounded consonants
Palatalization_(phonetics)
Consonant that is articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth
Albanian, Irish and Russian, velarization is generally associated with more dental articulations of coronal consonants. Thus, velarized consonants, such as Albanian
Dental_consonant
Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨ɬ⟩ in IPA
distinct from "l with tilde", [ɫ], which transcribes a different sound – the velarized (or pharynɡealized) alveolar lateral approximant, often called "dark L"
Voiceless dental and alveolar lateral fricatives
Voiceless_dental_and_alveolar_lateral_fricatives
Twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet
as in lip or blend, while the velarized alveolar lateral approximant (IPA [ɫ]) occurs in bell and milk. This velarization does not occur in many European
L
System of phonetic notation
way that cardinal ⟦i⟧ is. For protrusion (w-like labialization without velarization), Ladefoged & Maddieson use the old IPA omega diacritic for labialization
International Phonetic Alphabet
International_Phonetic_Alphabet
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
List_of_consonants
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨w⟩ in IPA
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Voiced labial–velar approximant
Voiced_labial–velar_approximant
Pronouncing "l" sounds as vowels
which a lateral approximant sound such as [l], or, perhaps more often, velarized [ɫ], is replaced by a vowel or a semivowel. There are two types of l-vocalization:
L-vocalization
Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨r⟩ in IPA
Recasens, Daniel; Fontdevila, Jordi; Pallarès, Maria Dolors (1995), "Velarization Degree and Coarticulatory Resistance for /l/ in Catalan and German",
Voiced dental and alveolar trills
Voiced_dental_and_alveolar_trills
of the laterality or, with complete loss of any pharyngealization or velarization, /d/. The classical ḍād pronunciation with pharyngealization /ɮˤ/ still
Standard_Arabic_phonology
Sounds and pronunciation of the Russian language
slightly diphthongized from the velarization of the preceding consonant, implying that a phonological pattern of using velarization to enhance perceptual distinctiveness
Russian_phonology
Place of articulation
though a downtack (⟨𝼃̞⟩, ⟨𝼁⟩ ~ ⟨𝼁̞⟩) can be used to fill the gap. Velarization Place of articulation List of phonetics topics These also may be called
Velar_consonant
Letter in the Armenian alphabet
varieties of Armenian. In Classical Armenian, it is pronounced as the velarized alveolar lateral approximant (/ɫ/). Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the
Ghat_(letter)
Voiceless fricative phoneme of Swedish
two common variants of Swedish /ɧ/ as labiodental with simultaneous velarization and protrusion of the upper lip, which would be transcribed as [fˠʷ]
Sj-sound
Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨ɹ⟩ / ⟨ð̠˕⟩ and ⟨ɹ̠⟩ in IPA
Centro-Sul amor [aˈmoɹˠ] 'love' Allophone of /ɾ ~ ʁ/ in the syllable coda. Velarized, may also be retroflex, post-alveolar and/or a rhotic vowel. See Portuguese
Voiced_alveolar_approximant
Phonemically contrasting consonant sounds
other characteristics, such as voicing, aspiration, glottalization, velarization, length, and length of nearby vowels. Fortis and lenis were coined for
Fortis_and_lenis
Phonetic symbol chart
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
International Phonetic Alphabet chart
International_Phonetic_Alphabet_chart
Arabic language spoken in the Persian Gulf
secondary velarization or pharyngealization. Other emphatic consonants can be found, but these are the result of a process that spreads the velarization/pharyngealization
Gulf_Arabic
Austronesian language
phonemes. Nauruan makes phonemic contrasts between velarized and palatalized labial consonants. Velarization is not apparent before long back vowels and palatalization
Nauruan_language
Oceanic language family of Micronesia
plain labial consonant and have instead two series, palatalized and labio-velarized labials, similar to the related New Caledonian languages. According to
Micronesian_languages
Lip formation during the articulation of a vowel
"work", whereas labio-velar [w] and labio-velarized consonants are protruded. (Only plain labio-velarization is phonemic in Akan; the compression arises
Roundedness
Phenomenon in linguistics
Labialization Palatalization Pharyngealization Secondary articulation Velarization Assimilation to a following sound is called regressive or anticipatory
Assimilation_(phonology)
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨m⟩ in IPA
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Voiced_bilabial_nasal
Romance language
identical in those varieties; in EP, the same consonant is realised as a velarized [ɫ]. Many speakers of BP further shift ɫ to [w] in closed syllables. Bisol
Portuguese_language
Cyrillic letter
approximant /l/. In Slavic languages it may be either palatalized or slightly velarized; see below. The Cyrillic letter El was derived from the Greek letter lambda
El_(Cyrillic)
that have a velar nasal for word-final /ŋ/ make pan sound like pang. Velarization of word-final /n/ is so widespread in the Americas that it is easier
Spanish language in the Americas
Spanish_language_in_the_Americas
Type of consonant sound
and palatalization. It is found, for example, in the name Twi, [tɕᶣi]. Velarization is the raising of the back of the tongue toward the velum, as in the
Secondary_articulation
Reconstructed ancestor of the Mienic languages
consonants include /-p, -t, -k, -m, -n, -ŋ/. Ostapirat (2016) proposes velarized initials in Proto-Mienic, which are not reconstructed by Liu (2021), Ratliff
Proto-Mienic_language
Reconstructed ancestor of the Hmongic languages
historically derived from nasal initial consonants. Ostapirat (2016) proposes velarized initials in Proto-Hmongic, which are not reconstructed by Ratliff (2010)
Proto-Hmongic_language
Phonetic alphabet developed in the 1880s
diacritic, e.g. ⟨č̓⟩ or ⟨m̓⟩. Palatalization is written ⟨Cʸ⟩. Labialization, velarization, aspiration, voicelessness and prenasalization are as in the IPA, as
Americanist_phonetic_notation
affricate (kʟ̝̊ʼ) Velar lateral flap (ʟ̆) Velar nasal (ŋ) Velaric egressive Velarization Velum Vocal cords Vocal stress Vocal tract Voice onset time Voiced alveolar
Index_of_phonetics_articles
Phone (speech sound)
series). Lillooet uses it as a secondary feature in contrasting velarized and non-velarized affricates. A distinction between apical and laminal is common
Apical_consonant
Micronesian language of the Marshall Islands
articulation (palatalization, velarization, or rounding). The palatalized consonants are regarded as "light", and the velarized and rounded consonants are
Marshallese_language
Punctuation and accent mark (~, ◌̃)
[a̰ d̰]. A tilde superimposed onto the middle of a letter indicates velarization or pharyngealization, e.g. [ɫ], [z̴]. If no precomposed Unicode character
Tilde
Place in the mouth consonants are articulated
palate while producing the obstruction, as in Russian [tʲ] and [ɕ]. Velarization, raising the back of the tongue toward the soft palate (velum), as in
Place_of_articulation
Articulation of consonants or vowels
(typographic overstrike). It is the older and more generic symbol. It indicates velarization, uvularization or pharyngealization, as in [ᵶ], the guttural equivalent
Pharyngealization
Third letter of the Greek alphabet
velar fricative and the superscript modifier letter is used to represent velarization. It is not to be confused with the character ɤ, which looks like a lowercase
Gamma
Micronesian language
14 vowel sounds. The /a/ pronunciation is closer to [ä] except after velarized /mˠ/ and /pˠ/. Quantity is distinctive for vowels and plain nasal consonants
Gilbertese_language
Consonantal sound
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Voiceless labial–uvular plosive
Voiceless_labial–uvular_plosive
Series of obstruent consonants in Semitic languages
dorsum (or root) of the tongue, which has variously been described as velarization or pharyngealization depending on where the locus of the retraction is
Emphatic_consonant
Japanese-language speakers' perception of English consonants
with the alveolar ridge as well as some raising of the tongue dorsum (velarization), especially when syllable-final. Evidence from Best & Strange (1992)
Perception of English /r/ and /l/ by Japanese speakers
Perception_of_English_/r/_and_/l/_by_Japanese_speakers
Type of fricative consonant sound
sibilants of Shona have been variously described—as labialized but not velarized, as retroflex, etc., but none of these features are required for the sounds
Sibilant
Movement to teach "correct" Cantonese pronunciation in Hong Kong
alveolarization and velarization tend to occur: Alveolarization tends to occur when there is a preceding mid-front or central vowel, and velarization tends to occur
Proper Cantonese pronunciation
Proper_Cantonese_pronunciation
Consonants produced by forcing air through a narrow channel
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Fricative
Pronunciation and sounds of Old English
an alveolar trill [r]. The consonants /r l/ are thought to have been velarized [rˠ ɫ] before a consonant or when geminate. This is based on the assumption
Old_English_phonology
Slanting line punctuation mark (/)
may be broadly rendered as /ˈlɪtəl/ but a careful transcription of the velarization of the second L would be written [ˈlɪɾɫ̩]. In sociolinguistics, a double
Slash_(punctuation)
Consonantal sound often represented by ⟨z⟩ in IPA
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Voiced_alveolar_fricative
Romance language
Most Catalan dialects are also renowned by the usage of dark l (i.e. velarization of /l/ → [ɫ]), which is especially noticeable in syllable final position
Catalan_language
Neo-Aramaic dialect of Jews in Urmia
dialect features suprasegmental emphasis (either pharyngealization or velarization) in historically emphatic contexts. For example, xəlta [xɯ̽lˁtˁɑ] (=
Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Urmia
Jewish_Neo-Aramaic_dialect_of_Urmia
East Slavic language
alveolar ridge. According to some linguists, the "plain" consonants are velarized as in Irish, something which is most noticeable when it involves a labial
Russian_language
Type of fricative constant
Phonetic Alphabet These are not to be confused with velarized fricatives, like sˠ or xˠ, where the velarization is a form of secondary articulation. This set
Velar_fricative
Diacritical mark
used. In Marshallese, underdots on consonants represent velarization, such as the velarized lateral ḷ. UNGEGN romanization of Urdu includes ḍ, g̣, ḳ
Dot_(diacritic)
Sound changes
approximant, [ʋ], for /r/. To some listeners this can sound like a /w/. Velarization of /l/ in positions where there is no vowel following, producing a "dark
Phonological history of English consonants
Phonological_history_of_English_consonants
Set of varieties of English language
D-flapping (with metal and medal pronounced the same, as [ˈmɛɾɫ̩]), L-velarization (with filling pronounced [ˈfɪɫɪŋ], not [ˈfɪlɪŋ]), as well as features
North_American_English
Loss of the vowel at the beginning of a word
Tonogenesis Floating tone Assimilation Fusion Coarticulation Palatalization Velarization Labialization Final devoicing Metaphony (vowel harmony, umlaut) Consonant
Apheresis_(linguistics)
Phonology of the Malayalam language
Dravidian Languages. Cambridge University Press. "Palatalization and velarization in Malayalam nasals: a preliminary acoustic study of the dental–alveolar
Malayalam_phonology
Topics referred to by the same term
or [w] (a consonant with an approximant-like secondary articulation) Velarized bilabial consonant such as [pʷ] or [mʷ] (also a consonant with an approximant-like
Labiovelar_consonant
Omission of sounds in words or phrases
Tonogenesis Floating tone Assimilation Fusion Coarticulation Palatalization Velarization Labialization Final devoicing Metaphony (vowel harmony, umlaut) Consonant
Elision
Language family of Eurasia
'goat', and *emys- (regressive rounding assimilation) > *ømys- (vowel velarization) > *omus- (vowel reduction) > /oms-/ 'to wear' This reconstruction has
Mongolic_languages
Sound in spoken language, articulated with an open vocal tract
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Vowel
Speech sound articulated by closing the vocal tract fully or partially
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Consonant
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨χ⟩ in IPA
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Voiceless_uvular_fricative
Sound changes affecting each other
Tonogenesis Floating tone Assimilation Fusion Coarticulation Palatalization Velarization Labialization Final devoicing Metaphony (vowel harmony, umlaut) Consonant
Chain_shift
Variety of Spanish language
include yeísmo, the pronunciation of the ⟨j⟩ sound like the English [h], velarization of word- and phrase-final /n/ to [ŋ], elision of /d/ between vowels,
Andalusian_Spanish
Semitic language
the tongue retracted, with varying degrees of pharyngealization and velarization. Using their alphabetic names, these emphatics are: ח Ḥêṯ, a voiceless
Aramaic
Variety of English language
D flapping (with metal and medal pronounced the same, as [ˈmɛɾɫ̩]), velarization of L in all contexts (with filling pronounced [ˈfɪɫɪŋ], not [ˈfɪlɪŋ])
American_English
Subgroup of West Slavic languages
> tòlᵒt or 'tolòt > talt Softening of consonants before front vowels Velarization of ŕ̥ Development of sonants (voiced consonants) into complex groups
Lechitic_languages
Arabic word for God
Allāh is generally pronounced [ɑɫˈɫɑː(h)], exhibiting a heavy lām, [ɫ], a velarized alveolar lateral approximant, a marginal phoneme in Modern Standard Arabic
Allah
Consonant sound change
Tonogenesis Floating tone Assimilation Fusion Coarticulation Palatalization Velarization Labialization Final devoicing Metaphony (vowel harmony, umlaut) Consonant
Lenition
Situational pronunciation of /r/ in non-rhotic varieties of English
Tonogenesis Floating tone Assimilation Fusion Coarticulation Palatalization Velarization Labialization Final devoicing Metaphony (vowel harmony, umlaut) Consonant
Linking_and_intrusive_R
Consonantal sound
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Voiced_postalveolar_affricate
Production of a sound while the velum is lowered
Tonogenesis Floating tone Assimilation Fusion Coarticulation Palatalization Velarization Labialization Final devoicing Metaphony (vowel harmony, umlaut) Consonant
Nasalization
/ɐˈsĩ/ “like so”, quebéça /keˈbɛsɐ/ instead of cabéça /kɐˈbɛsɐ/ “head”. Velarization of the pre-tonic /ɐ/ sound (oral or nasal) to /o/ when the stressed syllable
Santo_Antão_Creole
Sound change within a word that indicates grammatical information
Tonogenesis Floating tone Assimilation Fusion Coarticulation Palatalization Velarization Labialization Final devoicing Metaphony (vowel harmony, umlaut) Consonant
Apophony
Type of speech sound
labialization. For lateral approximants, these are typically with co-occurring velarization, uvularization, or pharyngealization. The following is a table of all
Approximant
Letter of the Latin alphabet
single stroke. In Polish, ⟨Ł⟩ is used to distinguish the historical dark (velarized) L [ɫ] from clear L [l]. The Polish ⟨Ł⟩ now sounds the same as the English
Ł
Type of consonant
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Palatal_fricative
Syllabic separation of two adjacent vowels
Tonogenesis Floating tone Assimilation Fusion Coarticulation Palatalization Velarization Labialization Final devoicing Metaphony (vowel harmony, umlaut) Consonant
Vowel_hiatus
Vowel sound represented by ⟨a⟩ in IPA
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Open_front_unrounded_vowel
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɱ̊⟩ in IPA
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Voiceless_labiodental_nasal
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨b⟩ in IPA
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Voiced_bilabial_plosive
Consonantal sound often represented by ⟨ʒ⟩ in IPA
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Voiced_postalveolar_fricative
Vowel sound represented by ⟨æ⟩ in IPA
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Near-open front unrounded vowel
Near-open_front_unrounded_vowel
Type of consonantal sound
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Labiodental ejective affricate
Labiodental_ejective_affricate
Consonantal sounds represented by ⟨ɾ⟩ in IPA
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Voiced dental and alveolar taps and flaps
Voiced_dental_and_alveolar_taps_and_flaps
Phonological process involving the addition of one or more sounds to a word
Language game Lenition Metathesis Palatalization Pharyngealisation Sandhi Velarization Vowel harmony Kim JY, Miatto V, Petrović A, Repetti L (2024). Kim JY
Epenthesis
Sound made by stopping airflow in the glottis
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Glottal_stop
Three related alphabets used to write Georgian
script. It was pronounced [ə]. ჾ (hard sign) was used in Abkhaz for velarization of the preceding consonant. ჿ (labial sign) was used in Abkhaz for labialization
Georgian_scripts
12th letter of the three Georgian scripts
Georgian numerals, it has a value of 30. Lasi commonly represents the voiced velarized alveolar approximant /ɫ/ before back vowels, like the pronunciation of
Lasi_(letter)
Alphabet of the Hebrew language
rarely – e.g. in biblical recitations or when using Arabic loanwords). velarized or pharyngealized pharyngealized sometimes said to be ejective but more
Hebrew_alphabet
Vowel sound often represented by ⟨ä⟩ in IPA
palatal ʍ w Labialized velar ɧ Sj-sound (variable) Lateral approximant ɫ Velarized alveolar Implosive ɠ̊͜ɓ̥ ɠ͡ɓ Labial–velar Ejective t͡pʼ Labial–alveolar
Open_central_unrounded_vowel
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ð⟩ in IPA
sounds. The Danish phoneme typically transcribed as /ð/ is actually a velarized alveolar approximant. Voiceless dental fricative Voiced alveolar non-sibilant
Voiced_dental_fricative
Change in tone contour based on adjacent syllable tones
Tonogenesis Floating tone Assimilation Fusion Coarticulation Palatalization Velarization Labialization Final devoicing Metaphony (vowel harmony, umlaut) Consonant
Tone_sandhi
Romance language of Veneto, northeast Italy
English "song") occurs frequently in Venetian. A word-final /n/ is always velarized, which is especially obvious in the pronunciation of many local Venetian
Venetian_language
Northern Siberian Turkic language
vowel harmony (see the main article and the below section). Regressive velarization. Regressive labialization. There is an additional regular morphophonological
Yakut_language
Continuous sequence of sounds in spoken language
Tonogenesis Floating tone Assimilation Fusion Coarticulation Palatalization Velarization Labialization Final devoicing Metaphony (vowel harmony, umlaut) Consonant
Connected_speech
Lengthening of vowel sounds in place of a deleted consonant
Tonogenesis Floating tone Assimilation Fusion Coarticulation Palatalization Velarization Labialization Final devoicing Metaphony (vowel harmony, umlaut) Consonant
Compensatory_lengthening
VELARIZATION
VELARIZATION
VELARIZATION
VELARIZATION
Girl/Female
Australian, Finnish
Who is Like God
Girl/Female
Gaelic
Boy/Male
Indian
Comfort, Relief, Ease, Repose
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English, French, Hebrew
God has Answered; Modern Name Based on Jane or Jean; Based on Janai; God's Grace
Girl/Female
Hindu
Of good character, Clever in amorous sciences (Wife of Lord Krishna)
Girl/Female
Tamil
Yatwika | யாதà¯à®µà®¿à®•ா
Boy/Male
Muslim
Treasurer
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Malaysian, Muslim
Delicate; Gem; Precious Gem
Surname or Lastname
Irish (Sligo and Munster)
Irish (Sligo and Munster) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Beólláin ‘descendant of Beóllán’, an old Irish name of uncertain origin.English : habitational name from any of various places such as Bowland in Lancashire and West Yorkshire, Bowlands in East Yorkshire, and Bolland in Devon. All of these are most probably named with Old English boga ‘bow’ (in the sense of a bend in a river) + land ‘land’.German : of uncertain origin; possibly from Slavic polan ‘rural person’, ‘peasant’, or a variant of Bolander, or an altered spelling of Böhland, a name of Slavic origin, from Old Slavic belu ‘white’, a descriptive nickname for a fair-haired person.
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Water
VELARIZATION
VELARIZATION
VELARIZATION
VELARIZATION
VELARIZATION