U+07A4 "ޤ" Thaana Letter Qaafu Unicode Character

U+07A4 "ޤ" Thaana Letter Qaafu is a consonant from the Thaana script, which is the writing system used for the Dhivehi language spoken in the Maldives. It represents the sound /q/, a voiceless uvular plosive, and is used primarily in loanwords or words of Arabic origin within Dhivehi. This character is distinct from other Thaana letters, such as Kaafu, and is often written with a specific diacritic or context to indicate its foreign-derived pronunciation. The Thaana script is written from right to left, and Qaafu is part of a larger set of characters that include dots, called fili, placed above or below letters to denote vowel sounds.