ऴ

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 .