ൔ

ൔ U+0D54, ൔ MALAYALAM LETTER CHILLU M [unassigned: U+0D50–U+0D53] ← ൏ [U+0D4F] Malayalam ൕ → [U+0D55]

Malayalam

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /im/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

ൔ • (m)

1. (archaic) ചില്ലക്ഷരം (vowelless consonant) of consonant മ.
2. This letter, like other chillus, never occurs as the first letter of any Malayalam word.

Example

• ഹന്തുൔ (hantum, “to kill”) : /han̪t̪um/

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 ം

Alternative forms

• മ്
• ം (formerly was used to indicate gemination)

See also

• (Other archaic chillu letters) ൿ, ൕ, ൖ

• Malayalam script letters (alphabet appendix): അ, ആ, ഇ, ഈ, ഉ, ഊ, ഋ, എ, ഏ, ഐ, ഒ, ഓ, ഔ, അം, അഃ, ക, ഖ, ഗ, ഘ, ങ, ച, ഛ, ജ, ഝ, ഞ, ട, ഠ, ഡ, ഢ, ണ, ത, ഥ, ദ, ധ, ന, പ, ഫ, ബ, ഭ, മ, യ, ര, ല, വ, ശ, ഷ, സ, ഹ, ള, ഴ, റ, ൺ, ൻ, ർ, ൽ, ൾ ^[edit]