NastaleeqPronounced   FinalMedialInitial
b

hay

final medial initial

The 9th letter of the urdu alphabet

ExampleItrans
hookah (device to smoke tobacco using water)huqqaa

DevanagariNastaleeq
huqqaa huqqaa

Note: the little omega-shaped symbol performs the doubling of the q, this phenomenon is called tashdid. The symbol itself is called shad.

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