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@spelling of onnamazzivAya

hole this should go under vAzari

According to rule vAzari, you may either say

namazzivAya नमःशिवाय

or

nama नम + hiss + zivAya शिवाय.

However, nowadays there is no longer an option. The hiss + s स् option is no longer used — most people always say namazzivAya नमःशिवाय.

Confusingly, all write namaH नमः + zivAya शिवाय ALL of the time. This makes sense when using Indian letters.

So you must get used to write down z +z sounds as H +z , and you must get used to read aloud letters H + z as z + z (in /saMhitA), or as (H + pause + z ).