ൔ
ൔ - Malayalam
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /ɨ̆m/
- (phoneme): IPA: /m̩/, /ᵊm/
Letter
ൔ • (m)
- (archaic) ചില്ലക്ഷരം (vowelless consonant) of consonant മ.
- This letter, like other chillus, never occurs as the first letter of any Malayalam word.
Example
- ഹന്തുൔ (hantum, “to kill”) : /han̪d̪um/
Usage notes
- It's used instead of the ം if the succeeding word begins with a vowel
- It's also used at the end of sentence instead of ം
- മ്
- ം (formerly was used to indicate gemination)