U+09A1 "ড" Bengali Letter Dda Unicode Character

U+09A1 "ড" Bengali Letter Dda is a consonant in the Bengali script, representing the voiced retroflex plosive sound /ɖ/ in the Bengali, Assamese, and Bishnupriya Manipuri languages. It is used in the written forms of these languages, particularly in words of Sanskritic origin or in native vocabulary where a retroflex stop is required, and it is distinct from the dental "দ" letter due to its pronunciation with the tongue curled back against the palate. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Bengali block, and its correct rendering depends on proper font support for the complex ligature system of the Bengali abugida, where it often appears with a matra or vowel sign attached to form syllables.