What ࢮ means
The writing tradition decides its sound. In Belarusian Arabica, ࢮ marks dz, the sound at the end of “beds.”
Belarusian Tatars adapted Arabic script to write Belarusian and Polish. The script developed over time, and this letter appears in 16th–19th-century handwriting; ࢯ is described as its ts companion.
A 2022 Unicode proposal documents ࢮ as an alternative for /ɖ/ in Pegon, a tradition for writing Malay with Arabic script. Its three dots are part of the letter itself; fonts can draw its outline differently.
This letter belongs to particular Arabic-script writing traditions; its sound depends on which one you are reading.
Check the writing tradition before assigning a sound.
Who writes ࢮ
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ࢮ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find ࢮ
- Search it as
- arabitsa · Belarusian Arabic · Pegon · dz · retroflex d
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ࢮ\08AECodes and encoding1 code points
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