Usually means: Cancels inherent vowel in consonants.
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  1. halant: Wiktionary
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  1. -halant: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

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Definitions from Wiktionary (halant)

noun:  A diacritic used in most writing systems of the Indian subcontinent to signify the lack of an inherent vowel.
noun:  A sign which serves the same purpose in any writing system.
noun:  (computing) A character which binds consonants into a conjunct or some other form of visual combination which is prototypically a visual indication that the first consonant does not have an implicit vowel

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