U+072E "ܮ" Syriac Letter Persian Ghamal Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+072E "ܮ" Syriac Letter Persian Ghamal is a distinct glyph used in the Syriac script, specifically modified for the Persian language. It represents a voiced velar plosive sound similar to the "g" in "go," and is employed in Syriac texts to accurately transliterate Persian words, particularly in liturgical or literary contexts where the standard Syriac alphabet lacks a direct equivalent. This character belongs to the Syriac block of Unicode and has a unique numeric value of 1838 in decimal, serving as a specialized addition to the script to accommodate phonetic nuances from Persian.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+072E |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Syriac Letter Persian Ghamal |
| Block | Syriac |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ܮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ܮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDC 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x072E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000072E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u072e |