U+079D "ޝ" Thaana Letter Sheenu Unicode Character

U+079D "ޝ" Thaana Letter Sheenu is the sixteenth letter of the Thaana alphabet used to write the Dhivehi language, primarily spoken in the Maldives. This character represents the consonant sound equivalent to the English "sh" as in "shin" and is derived from the Arabic letter shin, reflecting the historical influence of Arabic on the Dhivehi script. In the Thaana writing system, which is written from right to left, Sheenu is typically combined with diacritical vowel marks to form syllables, and it plays a key role in various common Dhivehi words and names.