U+0867 "ࡧ" Syriac Letter Malayalam Ra Unicode Character

U+0867 "ࡧ" Syriac Letter Malayalam Ra is a relatively recent addition to the Syriac script block, specifically included to transcribe the retroflex consonant [ɽ] found in Malayalam and other Dravidian languages, as the Syriac alphabet lacks a native character for this sound. This character was introduced in Unicode version 14.0 (2021) as part of a set of six letters designed to write Malayalam and Sanskrit in the Syriac script, historically used by the Syriac Christian communities in Kerala, India. It visually resembles a standard Syriac Rish but with a distinguishing diacritical mark, and its encoding ensures accurate digital representation of liturgical and historical texts that required this phonetic distinction.