U+FE8B "ﺋ" Arabic Letter Yeh with Hamza Above Initial Form Unicode Character

U+FE8B "ﺋ" Arabic Letter Yeh with Hamza Above Initial Form is a presentation form of the Arabic letter yeh combined with a hamza diacritic, specifically designed for use at the beginning of a word or syllable in cursive Arabic script. It represents the glottal stop sound /ʔ/ followed by the vowel /i/ or /j/ and appears as a distinct glyph in connected text, where its initial shape differs from medial or final forms to maintain proper typographic flow. This character is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block and is utilized in languages such as Arabic, Persian, and Urdu to accurately render words that begin with a hamza over a yeh base.