U+0AF9 "ૹ" Gujarati Letter Zha Unicode Character

U+0AF9 "ૹ" Gujarati Letter Zha is a relatively recent addition to the Gujarati script, specifically encoded in Unicode version 13.0 in 2020 to represent the sound /ʒ/ which is not native to standard Gujarati but is used for transcribing words from other languages, such as English, Persian, and Sanskrit borrowings. It is visually formed by adding a diacritic-like dot or nukta above the character for "Ja" (જ), similar to how "Za" (઼) is derived from "Da". This letter primarily appears in transliterations and technical writing rather than in everyday Gujarati text, allowing for more precise phonetic representation of the voiced postalveolar fricative.