U+0914 "औ" Devanagari Letter Au Unicode Character

U+0914 "औ" Devanagari Letter Au is a vowel in the Devanagari script used for languages such as Hindi, Marathi, and Sanskrit. It represents the diphthong sound /əu/ or /au/, similar to the vowel sound in the English word "cow," and is graphically formed by combining the Devanagari letter of the independent vowel sound with a distinctive curved stroke and a small mark above. As an independent character, it is used at the beginning of words or syllables, while in its dependent form, known as the matra "ौ," it appears as a diacritic attached to consonants. This character holds significant importance in representing native Sanskrit and Indo-Aryan vocabulary, distinguishing it from the shorter vowel "ओ" and functioning as one of the primary vowels in the Devanagari abugida.