Modi Letter Tha

It is the Modi consonant letter Tha, used chiefly to write Marathi. Modi belongs to the Nagari family and is related to Devanagari, but it is a distinct script. By itself, 𑘞 is one consonant, not a word.

Modi was used for Marathi by the fifteenth century and had become an administrative script by the sixteenth; its oldest surviving document dates to the early seventeenth century. Its flowing forms supported continuous, faster handwriting, with fewer pen lifts, for letters, royal orders, and revenue records.

Marathi was written in both Modi and Balbodh, a Marathi form of Devanagari: Modi served administration, while Balbodh carried literary and sacred works. Some Modi records paired Marathi with Persian. In the nineteenth century, print favored Balbodh and Modi use declined; in the 1950s, Modi was formally discontinued as the standard. As of 2026, Modi appears in archival research and heritage work, and as a visual emblem of early modern Maratha history.

How do I type 𑘞?

Use an input method that supports Modi, or convert text from Devanagari. The selected font controls how 𑘞 appears; if it shows as a box, that font may lack Modi coverage.

Vowel signs are separate Modi characters, so a syllable that needs an added vowel sign takes more than 𑘞.