Lam with tah above

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Lām with small tah above
ࣇ
Usage
Writing systemArabic script
TypeAbjad
Language of originPunjabi, Kalasha-mun
Sound values[ɭ]
[ɫ]
In UnicodeU+08C7
History
Development
ل
  • ࣇ
Transliterationsळ
ਲ਼
ಳ
ળ
Other
Writing directionRight-to-Left
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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
Extended Perso-Arabic script

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]

The Gurmukhi equivalent of the letter is ਲ਼. This was added to Gurmukhi officially relatively recently, and is not universal, but does have a precedent for use in older Punjabi texts.

It was added to Unicode in 2020 (in version 13). Due to the recency of this addition, support is still limited among widely fonts. It is possible to approximate the letter using the character combination لؕ. The character is the sole member of the script group "Arabic letter for Punjabi."[2]

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ "U+08C7 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH SMALL ARABIC LETTER TAH ABOVE". Retrieved 2022-08-12.