@@ -179,9 +179,10 @@ function applyStepRows(steps = [], states = []) {
  * sentence; without one the sentence is the whole story, and is given the
  * full stop it may lack: Git's own line and a thrown error have none. The
  * full stop is the translator's, since not every language ends a sentence
- * with one, and a sentence already ended in another script's mark keeps it. A patch file is applied all or nothing, so its
- * failure also says that nothing was changed; a pull request's does not,
- * since a checkout that fails part-way can leave the site on another branch.
+ * with one, and a sentence already ended in any script's mark keeps it. A
+ * patch file is applied all or nothing, so its failure also says that nothing
+ * was changed; a pull request's does not, since a checkout that fails part-way
+ * can leave the site on another branch.
  *
  * @param {Object} root0
  * @param {string} [root0.error]    What went wrong, as it was reported.
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ function applyStepRows(steps = [], states = []) {
  */
 function applyFailureWords({ error = '', conflict = null, kind = '' } = {}) {
 	const sentence = String(error || '').trim();
-	const headline = (conflict && conflict.headline) || (/[.!?。！？؟۔…]$/.test(sentence) || !sentence ? sentence : sprintf(
+	const headline = (conflict && conflict.headline) || (/[\p{Sentence_Terminal}…]$/u.test(sentence) || !sentence ? sentence : sprintf(
 		// translators: %s: a sentence that did not end in a full stop. Use the mark your language ends a sentence with, or none.
 		_x('%s.', 'ends a sentence that lacks a full stop'),
 		sentence
 
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ test('the full stop a sentence is given is the translator\'s, and one ended in a
 	assert.equal(applyFailureWords({ error: 'git: patch does not apply', kind: 'patch' }).headline, 'git: patch does not apply。');
 	assert.equal(applyFailureWords({ error: 'パッチを適用できません。', kind: 'patch' }).headline, 'パッチを適用できません。');
 	assert.equal(applyFailureWords({ error: 'هل تريد المتابعة؟', kind: 'pr' }).headline, 'هل تريد المتابعة؟');
+	assert.equal(applyFailureWords({ error: 'पैच लागू नहीं हुआ।', kind: 'patch' }).headline, 'पैच लागू नहीं हुआ।');
 });
 
 test('a breakdown\'s headline replaces the sentence it says in counts', () => {