U+0AB5 "વ" Gujarati Letter Va Unicode Character

U+0AB5 "વ" Gujarati Letter Va is a consonant used in the Gujarati script, representing the voiced labiodental approximant sound /ʋ/ in the Gujarati language, which is spoken primarily in the Indian state of Gujarat. As the thirty-fifth character in the Gujarati abugida, it serves as the direct equivalent of the Devanagari letter व (Va) and functions as a base consonant that modifies its inherent vowel sound when combined with other diacritical marks. This letter is commonly found in everyday Gujarati vocabulary, such as in the word "વાણી" (vāṇī), meaning speech, and is essential for writing both native Gujarati words and loanwords from Sanskrit and other languages.