Bengali Nukta

Enter the base letter first, then the nukta.

Use ড + ◌় → ড়, ঢ + ◌় → ঢ়, or য + ◌় → য়. The dotted circle in ◌় is a display aid, not something to type.

Your Bengali layout may offer the completed letters directly. Unicode supports both those single-character letters and base-plus-mark sequences, so matching appearances do not guarantee matching underlying text.

What does Bengali nukta do?

It distinguishes letters with different consonant sounds.

In Bengali, also called Bangla, the dot helps distinguish established letters rather than acting as a separate letter. ড় and ঢ় became established during the 19th century standardization of printed Bengali.

An isolated nukta has no pronunciation of its own. If the dot appears detached, check that it follows the intended base letter.