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Dza (Armenian letter)

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Dza
Ձ ձ
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Sound valuesl
In UnicodeU+0541, U+0571
Alphabetical position17
Numerical value: 80
History
Development
  • Ձ ձ
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers80
Writing directionLeft-to-Right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Dza (Eastern) or Tsa (Western) (majuscule: Ձ; minuscule: ձ; Armenian: ձա) is the seventeenth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiced alveolar affricate (/d͡z/) in Eastern and the voiceless aspirated alveolar affricate (/t͡sʰ/) Western varieties of Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 80.[1] Its shape in capital form similar to the Arabic numeral 2.

Computing codes

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Character information
Preview Ձ ձ
Unicode name ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER DZA ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER DZA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1345 U+0541 1393 U+0571
UTF-8 213 129 D5 81 213 177 D5 B1
Numeric character reference Ձ Ձ ձ ձ

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "զ տառը բացատրություն, z tary bacatrutyun, զ տառը հոմանիշ, զ տառը ռուսերեն թարգմանություն, զ տառը հականիշ, զ տառը անգլերեն թարգմանություն, զ տառը դարձվածքներ". bararanonline.com.
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  • Ձ on Wiktionary
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