ऴ

ऴ U+0934, ऴ
DEVANAGARI LETTER LLLA
Composition:ळ [U+0933] + ◌़ [U+093C]
← ळ
[U+0933] 		Devanagari व →
[U+0935]

Translingual

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɭə/

Letter

ऴ (ɭɐ)

  1. A consonant in Marathi combined with nuqta, primarily used to transcribe the Tamil ள and Malayalam ള.
  • The Marathi ळ when pronounced is comparatively shorter (/ɭ̆ə/) than the ones in Dravidian languages (/ɭɐ/). So, ऴ is used to transcribe the Dravidian la (/ɭɐ/). However some mistakenly use ऴ instead of ष़ to transcribe the ழ in Tamil and ഴ in Malayalam, when .
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