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) 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 ^{(Category: Malayalam letters) [edit]}