U+0B3C "଼" Oriya Sign Nukta Unicode Character

U+0B3C "଼" Oriya Sign Nukta is a combining diacritical mark used in the Odia (Oriya) script to modify the sound of a base consonant by creating new consonant characters that represent sounds borrowed from other languages, particularly from Persian, Arabic, and Sanskrit. It appears as a small dot below the consonant it attaches to, enabling the script to represent foreign phonemes that are not part of the standard Odia consonant inventory. This sign is functionally similar to the nukta used in Devanagari and other Brahmic scripts, and it is essential for accurately writing loanwords and certain indigenous terms in Odia.