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{{Short description|Additional letter of the Arabic script}}
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'''ݭ''' is an additional letter of the [[Arabic script]], derived from [[sīn]] (س) with the addition of two vertically aligned [[dot (diacritic)|dots]] above the letter. It is not used in the [[Arabic language]], but is used in [[Kalami language|Kalami]] to represent a [[voiceless retroflex fricative]], {{IPAblink|ʂ}}, and in [[Ormuri language|Ormuri]] to represent a [[voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative]], {{IPA|[ɕ]}}.  In [[Gawar-Bati]], the letter is also used to represent [[voiceless retroflex fricative]], {{IPAblink|ʂ}}.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Gawar-Bati Alif-Be |date=2016 |url=https://fli-online.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Gawarbati-Alif-Be11-Feburary-2016.pdf |website=fli-online.org}}</ref>

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