U+071C "ܜ" Syriac Letter Teth Garshuni Unicode Character

U+071C "ܜ" Syriac Letter Teth Garshuni is a specialized glyph within the Syriac script, used primarily in Garshuni, a writing system where the Syriac alphabet is employed to represent the Arabic language. This character corresponds to the Arabic letter ṭāʾ (ط) and is derived from the standard Syriac letter Teth, modified with a small curved line or diacritic above it to indicate the emphatic, pharyngealized pronunciation typical of Arabic. It is encoded in the Syriac block of Unicode and serves to accurately transcribe Arabic texts for liturgical or scholarly purposes, preserving the phonetic distinctions necessary for proper reading and recitation.