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A borrowed accent mark.
The Gurmukhi mark taken from the Vedic accent notation and used in scriptural printing.
Marks a raised or emphasised syllable in Gurmukhi scriptural printing.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
Borrowed from the Vedic system into a script used for a scripture that is not Vedic, which is a straightforward case of a notation outliving the tradition that produced it.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
A stroke above the letter, following the form of the Devanagari accent mark it derives from.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.