Ḍ

Ḍ (minuscule: ḍ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from D with the addition of a dot diacritic. It is used in Paxto language of Afghanistan.

In the transcription of Afro-asiatic languages such as Arabic, ḍ represents an "emphatic" consonant [dˤ].

In the transcription of Indic and East Iranian languages, and in the orthography of the O'odham language, ḍ represents a retroflex [ɖ]. This was used in a former transcription of Javanese, but has been replaced by "dh."

See also

• Ḍād
• Dot (diacritic)

The ISO basic Latin alphabet
Aa	Bb	Cc	Dd	Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Jj	Kk	Ll	Mm	Nn	Oo	Pp	Qq	Rr	Ss	Tt	Uu	Vv	Ww	Xx	Yy	Zz
Letter D with diacritics
Ďď	Ḋḋ	Ḑḑ	Ḍḍ	Ḓḓ	Ḏḏ	Đđ	Ɖɖ	Ɗɗ	Ƌƌ	ᵭ	ᶁ	ᶑ	ȡ	∂
Letters using dot below sign ( ◌̣ )
Ạạ	Ḅḅ	Ḍḍ	Ẹẹ	Ḥḥ	Ị ị	Ḳḳ	Ḷḷ	Ṃṃ	Ṇṇ	Ọọ	Ṛṛ	Ṣṣ	Ṭṭ	Ụụ	Ṿṿ	Ẉẉ	Ỵỵ	Ẓẓ
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