ਡ

ਡ U+0A21, ਡ GURMUKHI LETTER DDA ← ਠ [U+0A20] Gurmukhi ਢ → [U+0A22]

Translingual

Glyph origin

From the Sharada letter 𑆝 (ḍa), itself from the Brahmi letter 𑀟 (ḍa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖə/

Letter

ਡ

1. Gurmukhi letter ਡੱਡਾ (ḍaḍḍā)
   • Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Arjan, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 256:

     ਡਡਾ ਡੇਰਾ ਇਹੁ ਨਹੀ ਜਹ ਡੇਰਾ ਤਹ ਜਾਨੁ

     ḍaḍā ḍerā ihu nahī jaha ḍerā taha jānu

     Dadda: This is not your true place; you must know where that place really is.

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• Shahmukhi letter: ڈ (ḍal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖə/

Letter

ਡ • (ḍaḍā)

1. The eighteenth consonant in Punjabi.

See also

• Gurmukhi script letters: ੳ, ਅ, ੲ, ਸ, ਹ, ਕ, ਖ, ਗ, ਘ, ਙ, ਚ, ਛ, ਜ, ਝ, ਞ, ਟ, ਠ, ਡ, ਢ, ਣ, ਤ, ਥ, ਦ, ਧ, ਨ, ਪ, ਫ, ਬ, ਭ, ਮ, ਯ, ਰ, ਲ, ਵ, ੜ, ਸ਼, ਖ਼, ਗ਼, ਜ਼, ਫ਼, ਲ਼, ਕ਼ ^[edit]

• Gurmukhi script vowels: ਅ, ਆ, ਇ, ਈ, ਉ, ਊ, ਏ, ਐ, ਓ, ਔ ^[edit]

• Gurmukhi script diacritics: ਾ, ਿ, ੀ, ੁ, ੂ, ੇ, ੈ, ੋ, ੌ, ਂ, ੰ, ੱ ^[edit]

References

• “ਡ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025