What ମ means
Choose Odia Phonetic for transliteration or Odia INSCRIPT for fixed key positions. Phonetic turns Latin transliteration into Odia-script suggestions; INSCRIPT follows a fixed Odia layout. Microsoft's Windows guide documents both options as of 2026-09-05.
What sound does this Odia letter make?
It writes the Odia m consonant inside a word. A bare consonant carries a built-in vowel; a vowel sign changes the syllable, while the virama sign (୍) removes that vowel. Read the whole Odia word for its sound and meaning.
Odia script developed through Brahmi and Kalinga; Gaudi is a related eastern script development. Odia writing has also been used for Sanskrit and regional languages.
The earliest known Odia-language inscription in Kalinga script dates to 1051. Palm leaves and iron styluses are part of the historical explanation for the script's rounded forms.
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1Why does this character look different in another font?
It can. This text glyph is drawn by your font, so typefaces can change its outline without changing the character.
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ମ\0B2ECodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.