U+097A, ॺ
DEVANAGARI LETTER HEAVY YA

[U+0979]
Devanagari
[U+097B]

Translingual

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒ/

Letter

(y̌)

  1. Used to mark an affricated glide [dʒ] in Vedic Scriptures in some regions.
  2. The distinction is similar to that made in Bengali orthography between and য়.

Example

  • कुर्ॺात् /kurdʒɑːt̪/, while in other dialects it is कुर्यात् /kurjɑːt̪/
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