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

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