U+0728 "ܨ" Syriac Letter Sadhe Unicode Character

U+0728 "ܨ" Syriac Letter Sadhe is a letter in the Syriac alphabet, representing the emphatic voiceless alveolar fricative sound, similar to the "s" in "sad" but with a pharyngealized articulation typical of Semitic languages. It corresponds to the Hebrew letter Tsade and the Arabic letter Sad, and in the Syriac script it is used in liturgical and classical texts, notably appearing in words such as "ܨܠܘܬܐ" (slotha, meaning "prayer"). This character is primarily employed in writing various dialects of Syriac, including Assyrian Neo-Aramaic and Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, preserving an ancient letter form that traces back to the Aramaic script of the first millennium BCE.