<Li> ࡅࡕ / ut / </Li> <P> Both adu (U + 0856 ࡖ MANDAIC LETTER DUSHENNA) and the old ligature kḏ (U + 0857 ࡗ MANDAIC LETTER KAD) are treated as single characters in Unicode . </P> <P> Postclassical and modern Mandaic use many Persian words . Various Mandaic letters can be re-purposed by placing two horizontally - aligned dots underneath (U + 0859 ◌ ࡙ MANDAIC AFFRICATION MARK). This idea is comparable to the four novel letters in the Persian alphabet, allowing the alphabet to be used to represent foreign sounds (whether affrication, lenition, or another sound): </P> <Ul> <Li> ࡂ / g / becomes ࡂ࡙ / γ / </Li> <Li> ࡃ / d / becomes ࡃ࡙ / δ / </Li> <Li> ࡄ / h / becomes ࡄ࡙ / ḥ / </Li> <Li> ࡈ / ṭ / becomes ࡈ࡙ / ẓ / </Li> <Li> ࡊ / k / becomes ࡊ࡙ / χ / </Li> <Li> ࡐ / p / becomes ࡐ࡙ / f / </Li> <Li> ࡑ / ṣ / becomes ࡑ࡙ / ž / </Li> <Li> ࡔ / š / becomes ࡔ࡙ / č /, / ǰ / </Li> <Li> ࡕ / t / becomes ࡕ࡙ / θ / </Li> </Ul>

Code word for the eighth letter of the alphabet