U+10F27 "𐼧" Old Sogdian Ligature Ayin-Daleth Unicode Character

U+10F27 "𐼧" Old Sogdian Ligature Ayin-Daleth is a typographic ligature found in the Old Sogdian script, which was used primarily in Central Asia to write the Sogdian language, an Eastern Iranian tongue that flourished along the Silk Road. This character combines the letters ayin and daleth into a single glyph, reflecting the scribal practice of merging adjacent characters for efficient or decorative writing in manuscripts and inscriptions. It was encoded in Unicode version 14.0, released in 2021, as part of the Old Sogdian block to support digital preservation of historical texts.