U+06B5 "ڵ" Arabic Letter Lam with Small V Unicode Character

U+06B5 "ڵ" Arabic Letter Lam with Small V is a modified letter used in various Arabic-based orthographies, most notably in Kurdish languages (specifically Sorani and Kurmanji), where it represents the lateral fricative sound /ɫ/ or a similar lateral consonant not present in standard Arabic. It is formed by adding a small V shaped diacritic above the base Arabic letter lam (ل), distinguishing it from the standard lam in written text. This character enables precise phonetic transcription and correct lexical distinction in languages that require this specific sound, and it is encoded in the Unicode standard under the Arabic block to support digital representation and typing across modern software systems.