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Three dots in a triangle, a distinctive Tamil letter.
Also known as: Tamil aayutha ezhuthu, Three dot Tamil mark
The aytham is a Tamil character written as three dots arranged in a triangle, classed as neither a vowel nor a consonant and used in a small set of words and in transcribing foreign sounds.
Is a Tamil character classed apart from both vowels and consonants in the traditional grammar.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Serves in modern Tamil chiefly to transcribe sounds the script lacks letters for, a role the nukta plays in the northern scripts.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Three small dots arranged in a triangle, two below and one above, standing as a character in its own right.