What ࡖ means
It writes a particle that links words in Mandaic.
The Mandaic script developed in the late Parthian period and is linked to Parthian official writing and the related Elymaean and Characene scripts. Early Mandaic texts include protective incantations—written charms—on rolled lead sheets and bowls; the bowls are generally dated to the sixth to eighth centuries. Dushenna, also called adu, began as a joined form (a ligature) of AD and AKSA, but is encoded as its own letter.
Classical Mandaic uses dushenna for the relative and genitive particle ḏ-/di: it links a noun to a clause describing it or marks an “of” relationship. Neo-Mandaic, a later form of the language, also has an attached -d-; a 2007 analysis treats it as a newer element, not simply the Classical relative pronoun.
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Questions people ask
2Is dushenna a ligature or its own letter?
It is encoded as its own letter, though its form developed from joining the Mandaic letters AD and AKSA.
Why can dushenna look joined?
It can connect to a neighboring letter. Unicode 17.0 classifies dushenna as right-joining, so shaping can attach it; older fonts or data may leave it isolated.
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- Also called
- adu · dušenna · ḏ
- Search it as
- dushenna · Mandaic relative particle · Mandaic genitive particle · Mandaic ligature · Mandaic KAD
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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