Usually means: Cancels inherent vowel in scripts.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (virama)

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.

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