U+0D4B "ോ" Malayalam Vowel Sign Oo Unicode Character

U+0D4B "ോ" Malayalam Vowel Sign Oo is a combining diacritical mark used in the Malayalam script to represent the vowel sound "o" (as in "go"). It is always placed after a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel sound to "oo", altering the pronunciation and meaning of the word. This sign is visually distinct from the similar vowel sign for "o" (U+0D4B vs. U+0D4C), with its primary use in writing standard Malayalam and in transliterating Sanskrit texts into the script.