What ڹ means
It marks a retroflex n in two South Indian writing traditions.
The dot below adapts the Arabic letter noon to represent a sound not used in standard Arabic. Arwi is Tamil written in Arabic script; Arabi Malayalam is Malayalam written in an Arabic-derived script. Their religious and literary traditions developed separately. The Muhiyaddin Mala, an Arabi-Malayalam religious poem, is dated 1607, though its status as the earliest work in that tradition is debated. Arabic-script Tamil is documented at least in the eighteenth century.
A specialist letter used in Arwi and Arabi Malayalam writing.
ڹ and ن are different letters; the dot below matters.
Who writes ڹ
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does ڹ change shape in a word?
Arabic letters join their neighbors, so the letter's outline can change by position. Its dot remains below.
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How to type or find ڹ
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- Arwi · Arabi Malayalam · Arabic Tamil · Mappila Malayalam · retroflex n · n with dot below · ڹ vs ن
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ڹ\06B9Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.