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A crescent for a borrowed vowel.
Also known as: Chandra E, Half-moon vowel
The Devanagari vowel sign added to write the English vowels of loanwords that Sanskrit phonology has no letter for.
Writes the short open vowels of English loanwords, as in the Hindi spellings of 'college' or 'doctor'.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A script consciously extended to hold a foreign phonology, dated and attributable in a way most orthographic change is not — the marks were added because Devanagari had to write English, and they are used for almost nothing else.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A small crescent opening upward, set on the headstroke, alone or combined with an existing vowel stroke.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.