osthya

a labial consonant

Noun

  1. a labial consonant
    • In the RPr. ... it is true that v is included in a class characterized only as oṣṭhya, but this refers only to sthāna. - 1976, Natural Language Studies, number 21, page 162:
    • The KV then points out that the rule not only applies in connection with osthya sounds, but also in connection with the dantoṣṭhya 'labio-dental' sound v. - 1991, Pāṇini, Shivram Dattatray Joshi, J. A. F. Roodbergen,...
    • and hence in spite of its labio-dentality, it came to be listed as an oṣṭhya sound. - 1997, Madhav Deshpande, Śaunakīyā Caturādhyāyikā, page 137:

Origin

Borrowed from Sanskrit ओष्ठ्य (oṣṭhya, “labial”).

Forms

oṣṭhya