Dhal (Sindhi letter)
Dhal ( Sindhi :ڌال dhāl ;ڌ) is the 19th letter of the Sindhi extended Arabic alphabet . Dhal consists of a dal (د) with two dots above each other.
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ڌ
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In the Arabic script of Sindhi, Dhal stands for the aspirated voiced alveolar plosive [ dʰ ]. The equivalent of Dhal in the Sindhi Devanagari is the sign ध , in Latin transcriptions Dhal is usually represented as dh .
The character is coded in the Arabic Unicode block as Dahal at the code point U + 068C and in the Arabic presentation forms-A in the Unicode block at the code points U + FB84 and U + FB85.
| Unicode - Codepoint | Unicode name | character |
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| U + 068C | ARABIC LETTER DAHAL | ڌ |
| U + FB84 | ARABIC LETTER DAHAL ISOLATED FORM | ﮄ |
| U + FB85 | ARABIC LETTER DAHAL FINAL FORM | ﮅ |
Web links
- The Sindhi alphabet. unics.uni-hannover.de
- Transliteration of Sindhi (PDF; 327 kB), transliteration.eki.ee
literature
- Ernest Trumpp : Grammar of the Sindhi Language . Asian Educational Services, 1986, ISBN 81-206-0100-9 .