U+0C3C "఼" Telugu Sign Nukta Unicode Character

U+0C3C "఼" Telugu Sign Nukta is a combining diacritical mark used in the Telugu script to modify the sound of a base consonant, typically representing borrowed or non-native phonemes from languages such as Urdu, Persian, or English. It appears as a small dot or circle placed below the consonant, allowing the Telugu writing system to accurately represent sounds that do not occur naturally in pure Telugu vocabulary. This character is essential for transliterating foreign words and names while preserving their original pronunciation, and it may also be used in certain regional or scholarly contexts to denote subtle phonetic distinctions.