U+097D "ॽ" Devanagari Letter Glottal Stop Unicode Character

U+097D "ॽ" Devanagari Letter Glottal Stop is a relatively rare and specialized character used in the Devanagari script to represent the glottal stop sound, a consonant articulated by a complete closure of the vocal cords. It is primarily employed in the transcription of languages outside of standard Hindi, such as in certain dialects of Marathi or for writing words borrowed from languages like English or Arabic that contain a glottal stop, as well as in linguistic or scholarly texts where precise phonetic notation is required. While not part of the core inventory of common Devanagari letters, this character fills an important niche for accurately representing spoken sounds that lack a standard equivalent in the script.