U+0B83, ஃ
TAMIL SIGN VISARGA
[unassigned: U+0B84]

[U+0B82]
Tamil
[U+0B85]

Tamil

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɐhᵄ/
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Letter

• ()

  1. a special letter in Tamil, used to:
    1. (archaic) represent the voiceless glottal fricative.
    2. form with consonants to represent foreign or borrowed phonomes (e.g. () + ஜ் (j) = ஃஜ் (z)), equivalent to a nuqta.

Usage notes

  • (sense 1.1): Only occurs after a short initial letter and before a hard consonant.[1][2]

Names

See also

References

  1. ^ University of Madras (1924–1936), “”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
  2. ^ Miron Winslow (1862), “”, in A comprehensive Tamil and English dictionary of high and low Tamil, Madras: P. R. Hunt