U+0DAA "ඪ" Sinhala Letter Mahaapraana Ddayanna Unicode Character

U+0DAA "ඪ" Sinhala Letter Mahaapraana Ddayanna is a character in the Sinhala script used primarily to write the Sinhala language in Sri Lanka. This particular letter represents a retroflex aspirated consonant, specifically the sound /ɖʰa/, and is part of a set of aspirated consonants in the Sinhala alphabet. Its name, "Mahaapraana Ddayanna," indicates that it is a "heavy aspirated" or breathy-voiced version of the retroflex D sound, distinguishing it from its unaspirated counterpart. In modern Sinhala usage, this character appears in formal writing, classical texts, and transliterations of loanwords, though it is less common in everyday speech.