U+0803 "ࠃ" Samaritan Letter Dalat Unicode Character

U+0803 "ࠃ" Samaritan Letter Dalat is the fourth letter in the Samaritan script, a direct descendant of the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet used primarily by the Samaritan community for liturgical and scholarly purposes. This character represents the voiced dental stop sound /d/ and corresponds to the Hebrew letter Dalet. Historically, the Samaritan script has been preserved in religious manuscripts, such as the Samaritan Torah, and the letter Dalat often appears in sacred texts and inscriptions. Its distinct cursive form differs from the more widely known square Hebrew script, making it a significant element for studying ancient Semitic writing systems and Samaritan cultural heritage.