U+1055D "𐕝" Caucasian Albanian Letter Shoy Unicode Character

U+1055D "𐕝" Caucasian Albanian Letter Shoy is part of the Caucasian Albanian script, an ancient writing system used between the 5th and 12th centuries CE to record the Caucasian Albanian language, an early Northeast Caucasian language spoken in what is now modern-day Azerbaijan and surrounding regions. This specific letter, named "Shoy," represents a consonant sound in that language and was one of the 52 characters in the alphabet, which was likely developed by the Armenian monk Mesrop Mashtots. The script was rediscovered through manuscripts and inscriptions, and the Shoy character was formally encoded in Unicode version 7.0 in 2014, aiding scholars in digital preservation and study of this historically significant writing system.