ڄ

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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 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
Glyph form:
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ڄ ـڄ ـڄـ ڄـ

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