Yezidi Letter Eyn

It marks the brief glottal stop in modern Yezidi writing. A glottal stop is the brief closure between the vowels in “uh-oh.” By itself, 𐺗 is only a letter sample; its sound contributes to a Yezidi word.

When did the Yezidi script first appear?

Its beginnings remain disputed. Two religious texts associated with the script may date to the 12th or 13th centuries, while some scholars place the writing system's creation in the 17th or 18th centuries.

Anastase Marie published the texts in 1911; they use a 33-letter consonant alphabet. Yezidi clergy do not recognize them as authentic sources of faith. From those manuscripts until revival efforts in the early 2000s, the record of use is sparse.

The Spiritual Council of Yezidis in Georgia revived and updated the script as a full alphabet for modern Kurmanji, a Kurdish language. By 2018, documented uses included prayers, sacred books, temple inscriptions in Tbilisi, letterheads, and heraldic designs.

Why does 𐺗 look different in different fonts?

The character stays the same while its drawn shape varies by font. Unicode identifies the letter; fonts provide its outline. Yezidi lines run right to left, which changes where a letter sits in a line, not what it represents. A blank box means the font lacks a glyph for it.