U+0990 "ঐ" Bengali Letter Ai Unicode Character

U+0990 "ঐ" Bengali Letter Ai is a vowel in the Bengali script, representing the diphthong sound /oi/ or /ai/, similar to the English vowel sound in "boy" or "eye". It is the tenth character in the Bengali abugida's vowel sequence and is classified as an independent vowel form, meaning it appears on its own at the beginning of a syllable or word, rather than as a diacritic attached to a consonant. This character is used in the Bengali language primarily for writing words of Sanskrit origin or for representing the diphthong in native Bengali vocabulary, and it helps distinguish meaning in words where vowel quality is crucial.