ڄ
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Saraiki alphabet |
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آ ا ب ٻ پ ت ٹ ث ج ڄ چ ح خ د ڈ ݙ ذ ر ڑ ز ژ س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک گ ڳ ل م ن (ں) ݨ و ہ ھ ی ے |
Extended Perso-Arabic script |
ڄ, Arabic letter dyeh (U+0684),[1] is an additional letter of the Arabic script, not used in the Arabic alphabet itself but used in Sindhi and Saraiki to represent a voiced palatal implosive, [ʄ]. For ڄ example is used in ڄموں، ڄلم۔ It is written as ॼ in Saraiki and Sindhi's Devanagari orthography.
Compound ڄ
When 'ن'& 'ڄ' are mixed and 'نڄ' is formed Palatal nasal, [ɲ]. It is the sixth Special sound of Saraiki language.[2] Some people used in last century Arabic letter nyeh ڃ (U+0683) for this compound.[3] But now only نڄ is used. For example, نڄ is used in ونڄ، تھنڄ۔
Forms
The Arabic letter Dyeh, or ڄ, has 4 forms in total. They are:
Position in word | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
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Glyph form: (Help) |
ڄ | ـڄ | ـڄـ | ڄـ |
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