What 𐬾 means
It marks a division larger than a sentence.
Avestan dots mark words, clauses, or sentences; 𐬾 closes the larger division.
The Avestan script was created to preserve orally recited Zoroastrian texts and adapted forms from Pahlavi, a script used for Middle Persian. Related punctuation marks also occur in Pahlavi. Karl F. Geldner’s 1880 edition shows 𐬾; the oldest surviving Avestan manuscript dates to 1288, but that does not establish this sign’s first use.
Specialist manuscript and editorial punctuation; a font without support may show a missing-glyph box.
It marks a section ending, not an ordinary period.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𐬾 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Avestan block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 𐬾
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- Avestan punctuation · Avestan end-of-section mark · Avesta punctuation
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐬾\10B3ECodes and encoding1 code points
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