See also the corresponding code chart.
0980 Bengali 09FF
| The Bengali script is also known as Bangla. In Assam, the preferred name of the script is Asamiya or Assamese. The Assamese language has also been written historically using distinct regional scripts known as Kamrupi. | ||
Various signs | ||
| 0980 | ঀ | BENGALI ANJI |
| = siddham, siddhirastu | ||
| • used at the beginning of texts as an invocation | ||
| 0981 | ◌ঁ | BENGALI SIGN CANDRABINDU |
| 0982 | ◌ং | BENGALI SIGN ANUSVARA |
| 0983 | ◌ঃ | BENGALI SIGN VISARGA |
Independent vowels | ||
| 0985 | অ | BENGALI LETTER A |
| 0986 | আ | BENGALI LETTER AA |
| 0987 | ই | BENGALI LETTER I |
| 0988 | ঈ | BENGALI LETTER II |
| 0989 | উ | BENGALI LETTER U |
| 098A | ঊ | BENGALI LETTER UU |
| 098B | ঋ | BENGALI LETTER VOCALIC R |
| 098C | ঌ | BENGALI LETTER VOCALIC L |
| 098F | এ | BENGALI LETTER E |
| 0990 | ঐ | BENGALI LETTER AI |
| 0993 | ও | BENGALI LETTER O |
| 0994 | ঔ | BENGALI LETTER AU |
Consonants | ||
| 0995 | ক | BENGALI LETTER KA |
| 0996 | খ | BENGALI LETTER KHA |
| 0997 | গ | BENGALI LETTER GA |
| 0998 | ঘ | BENGALI LETTER GHA |
| 0999 | ঙ | BENGALI LETTER NGA |
| 099A | চ | BENGALI LETTER CA |
| 099B | ছ | BENGALI LETTER CHA |
| 099C | জ | BENGALI LETTER JA |
| 099D | ঝ | BENGALI LETTER JHA |
| 099E | ঞ | BENGALI LETTER NYA |
| 099F | ট | BENGALI LETTER TTA |
| 09A0 | ঠ | BENGALI LETTER TTHA |
| 09A1 | ড | BENGALI LETTER DDA |
| 09A2 | ঢ | BENGALI LETTER DDHA |
| 09A3 | ণ | BENGALI LETTER NNA |
| 09A4 | ত | BENGALI LETTER TA |
| 09A5 | থ | BENGALI LETTER THA |
| 09A6 | দ | BENGALI LETTER DA |
| 09A7 | ধ | BENGALI LETTER DHA |
| 09A8 | ন | BENGALI LETTER NA |
| 09AA | প | BENGALI LETTER PA |
| 09AB | ফ | BENGALI LETTER PHA |
| 09AC | ব | BENGALI LETTER BA |
| = Bengali va, wa | ||
| 09AD | ভ | BENGALI LETTER BHA |
| 09AE | ম | BENGALI LETTER MA |
| 09AF | য | BENGALI LETTER YA |
| 09B0 | র | BENGALI LETTER RA |
| 09B2 | ল | BENGALI LETTER LA |
| 09B6 | শ | BENGALI LETTER SHA |
| 09B7 | ষ | BENGALI LETTER SSA |
| 09B8 | স | BENGALI LETTER SA |
| 09B9 | হ | BENGALI LETTER HA |
Various signs | ||
| 09BC | ◌় | BENGALI SIGN NUKTA |
| • for extending the alphabet to new letters | ||
| 09BD | ঽ | BENGALI SIGN AVAGRAHA |
Dependent vowel signs | ||
| 09BE | ◌া | BENGALI VOWEL SIGN AA |
| 09BF | ◌ি | BENGALI VOWEL SIGN I |
| • stands to the left of the consonant | ||
| 09C0 | ◌ী | BENGALI VOWEL SIGN II |
| 09C1 | ◌ু | BENGALI VOWEL SIGN U |
| 09C2 | ◌ূ | BENGALI VOWEL SIGN UU |
| 09C3 | ◌ৃ | BENGALI VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC R |
| 09C4 | ◌ৄ | BENGALI VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC RR |
| 09C7 | ◌ে | BENGALI VOWEL SIGN E |
| • stands to the left of the consonant | ||
| 09C8 | ◌ৈ | BENGALI VOWEL SIGN AI |
| • stands to the left of the consonant | ||
Two-part dependent vowel signs | ||
| These vowel signs have glyph pieces which stand on both sides of the consonant; they follow the consonant in logical order, and should be handled as a unit for most processing. | ||
| 09CB | ◌ো | BENGALI VOWEL SIGN O |
| ≡ 09C7 ◌ে 09BE ◌া | ||
| 09CC | ◌ৌ | BENGALI VOWEL SIGN AU |
| ≡ 09C7 ◌ে 09D7 ◌ৗ | ||
Virama | ||
| 09CD | ◌্ | BENGALI SIGN VIRAMA |
| = hasant (Bengali term for halant) | ||
Additional consonant | ||
| 09CE | ৎ | BENGALI LETTER KHANDA TA |
| • a dead consonant form of ta, without implicit vowel, used in some sequences | ||
Sign | ||
| 09D7 | ◌ৗ | BENGALI AU LENGTH MARK |
Additional consonants | ||
| These three consonants with nuktas are listed in CompositionExclusions.txt. That means that they do not recompose during normalization. The NFC form is the same as the decomposed sequence. | ||
| 09DC | ড় | BENGALI LETTER RRA |
| ≡ 09A1 ড 09BC ◌় | ||
| 09DD | ঢ় | BENGALI LETTER RHA |
| ≡ 09A2 ঢ 09BC ◌় | ||
| 09DF | য় | BENGALI LETTER YYA |
| ≡ 09AF য 09BC ◌় | ||
Additional vowels for Sanskrit | ||
| 09E0 | ৠ | BENGALI LETTER VOCALIC RR |
| 09E1 | ৡ | BENGALI LETTER VOCALIC LL |
| 09E2 | ◌ৢ | BENGALI VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC L |
| 09E3 | ◌ৣ | BENGALI VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC LL |
Reserved | ||
| For viram punctuation, use the generic Indic 0964 and 0965. Note that these punctuation marks are referred to as dahri and double dahri in Bangla. | ||
| 09E4 | <reserved> | |
| → 0964 । devanagari danda | ||
| 09E5 | <reserved> | |
| → 0965 ॥ devanagari double danda | ||
Digits | ||
| 09E6 | ০ | BENGALI DIGIT ZERO |
| 09E7 | ১ | BENGALI DIGIT ONE |
| 09E8 | ২ | BENGALI DIGIT TWO |
| 09E9 | ৩ | BENGALI DIGIT THREE |
| 09EA | ৪ | BENGALI DIGIT FOUR |
| 09EB | ৫ | BENGALI DIGIT FIVE |
| 09EC | ৬ | BENGALI DIGIT SIX |
| 09ED | ৭ | BENGALI DIGIT SEVEN |
| 09EE | ৮ | BENGALI DIGIT EIGHT |
| 09EF | ৯ | BENGALI DIGIT NINE |
Additions for Assamese | ||
| 09F0 | ৰ | BENGALI LETTER RA WITH MIDDLE DIAGONAL |
| = Assamese letter ra | ||
| 09F1 | ৱ | BENGALI LETTER RA WITH LOWER DIAGONAL |
| = Assamese letter wa | ||
| = bengali letter va with lower diagonal (1.0) | ||
Currency symbols | ||
| 09F2 | ৲ | BENGALI RUPEE MARK |
| = taka | ||
| • historic currency sign | ||
| 09F3 | ৳ | BENGALI RUPEE SIGN |
| = Bangladeshi taka | ||
Historic symbols for fractional values | ||
| The use of these signs is not limited to currency, despite the character names. | ||
| 09F4 | ৴ | BENGALI CURRENCY NUMERATOR ONE |
| • not in current usage | ||
| 09F5 | ৵ | BENGALI CURRENCY NUMERATOR TWO |
| • not in current usage | ||
| 09F6 | ৶ | BENGALI CURRENCY NUMERATOR THREE |
| • not in current usage | ||
| 09F7 | ৷ | BENGALI CURRENCY NUMERATOR FOUR |
| 09F8 | ৸ | BENGALI CURRENCY NUMERATOR ONE LESS THAN THE DENOMINATOR |
| 09F9 | ৹ | BENGALI CURRENCY DENOMINATOR SIXTEEN |
Sign | ||
| 09FA | ৺ | BENGALI ISSHAR |
| = ishvar | ||
| • represents the name of a deity | ||
| = svargiya | ||
| • written before the name of a deceased person | ||
Historic currency sign | ||
| 09FB | ৻ | BENGALI GANDA MARK |
Signs | ||
| 09FC | ৼ | BENGALI LETTER VEDIC ANUSVARA |
| 09FD | ৽ | BENGALI ABBREVIATION SIGN |
| 09FE | ◌৾ | BENGALI SANDHI MARK |
| • indicates external sandhi in Sanskrit documents | ||
| → 09BD ঽ bengali sign avagraha | ||
| → 111C9 ◌𑇉 sharada sandhi mark | ||
| → 1145E ◌𑑞 newa sandhi mark | ||