“ज़” U+095B: Devanagari Letter Za

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The Devanagari Letter Za (ज़) is a modified consonant used in the Devanagari script to represent the voiced alveolar fricative /z/. It is a composite character formed by adding a ‘nuqta’ (diacritic dot) below the letter ‘Ja’ (ज). This character is essential for correctly spelling loanwords from Persian, Arabic, and English in languages like Hindi and Urdu.

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