संस्कृत में अन्तस्थः एवम् उष्म व्यंजन क्या हैं? Hello friends. Welcome to Sanskrit Gurukul. Let's talk about semi-vowels and sibilants in Sanskrit consonants. They are consonants, but either derived from vowels or remain in an ambivert state in serving as vowel or consonant. In simple words, these sounds fall in a halfway between vowels and consonants, or in a transition state and hence called Semi-vowels. Keep reading further, and you will understand it better. Let's learn with the help of य (ya) For example, let say the word Dynasty, the letter य(ya) appears twice in the word but first as a य (ya) and the second time as ई (I) . य <-- -->ई When you pronounce dynasty, you hear two sounds, one of which is य (ya) ; and the other is ई (i) . let's see one more example, you (sound of य (ya)), but again in Year , you hear the sound of ई (i). I guess you got the idea of why semi-vowels are called Semi- vowels. Let's see the...