Lam with tah above
Lām with tah above (
, ࣇ, also known as "Arabic letter Lām with small Tah above" or "arlām") is a character used in the Shahmukhi alphabet for the Punjabi language to represent a voiced retroflex lateral approximant and is also used in the Kalasha language.[1]
| Lām with small tah above | |
|---|---|
| ࣇ | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Arabic script |
| Type | Abjad |
| Language of origin | Punjabi, Kalasha-mun |
| Phonetic usage | [ɭ] [ɫ] |
| Unicode codepoint | U+08C7 |
| History | |
| Development | ل
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| Transliteration equivalents | ळ ਲ਼ ಳ ળ |
| Other | |
| Shahmukhi alphabet |
|---|
| ا ب پ ت ٹ ث ج چ ح خ د ڈ ذ ر ڑ ز ژ س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک گ ل ࣇ م ن ݨ (ں) و ه (ھ) ء ی ے |
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Extended Perso-Arabic script |
It was added to Unicode in 2020 (in version 13). Special fonts are still needed to display this character on most computers,[note 1] it is possible to approximate the letter using the character combination لؕ.[note 2]
Character encoding
| Preview | ࣇ | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH SMALL ARABIC LETTER TAH ABOVE | |
| Encodings | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 2247 | U+08C7 |
| UTF-8 | 224 163 135 | E0 A3 87 |
| Numeric character reference | ࣇ | ࣇ |
Notes
- The character will not be displayed without having installed a typeface that supports it, such as the PakType Naskh Basic typeface.
- Due to lack of encoding support for this character, currently, the only way most users will be able to view this character is by combing ل + ؕ = لؕ, however this is only a compound of two separate characters and is distinct from ࣇ.
References
- L.Trail, Ronald; R. Cooper, Gregory (1999). Kalasha Dictionary —with English and Urdu (PDF). Quaid-i-Azam University: National Institute of Pakistan Studies. pp. xiv. ISBN 9698023097.
Finally, the to'e is also used to distinguish the Kalasha dark ḷ (ࣇ) from the light l (ل)
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