Arabic Letter Dyeh Final Form

It is Dyeh’s final-position shape, not a separate letter. The base letter ڄ represents /ʄ/ in Sindhi and Saraiki, a voiced sound made near the hard palate with inward airflow. “Final” describes how the letter joins at the end of a word; it does not change the sound.

The letter belongs to the development of Arabic-Sindhi writing. In 1853, an Arabic-Sindhi alphabet of 52 letters was standardized in colonial Sindh to write Sindhi sounds not covered by Arabic or Persian and to support administration and schooling. Akhund Gul rearranged the alphabet in 1858, giving greater weight to sound.

Should I type FB73 or ڄ?

Use ڄ in ordinary text. Arabic-script text normally stores the base letter and lets the text layout choose its isolated, initial, medial, or final shape. FB73 is a compatibility character for the final shape, not the usual way to write Dyeh.

Use FB73 when a legacy document or system requires that exact code point. A font may display it differently or lack its own glyph; that affects its appearance, not the letter’s meaning.

Which languages use Dyeh?

Sindhi and Saraiki use Dyeh in Arabic-script writing. It is an added letter in those regional writing traditions, not a letter of the Arabic alphabet. Saraiki’s Shahmukhi writing also uses extended letters borrowed from Sindhi.