See also: Ж, ӝ, , ж., and җ

Translingual edit

 
ж U+0436, ж
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ZHE
е
[U+0435]
Cyrillic з
[U+0437]
 
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ж (upper case Ж)

  1. A letter of the Cyrillic script, called zhe.

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ж (upper case Ж)

  1. A letter of the Old Cyrillic script, called zhivete.

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Abaza edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Abaza alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Abkhaz edit

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ж () (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Abkhaz alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Adyghe edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Adyghe alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Aghul edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Aghul alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Alutor edit

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ж (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Alutor alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Archi edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Archi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Avar edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Avar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Azerbaijani edit

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ж (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Bashkir edit

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  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ʐ/, /ʒ/

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ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The tenth letter of the Bashkir alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Belarusian edit

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  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ʐ/
  • (file)

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Belarusian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Bulgarian edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The seventh letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called жъ (ž), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Buryat edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Buryat alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Chechen edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The tenth letter of the Chechen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Chukchi edit

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ж (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Chukchi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Chuvash edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The tenth letter of the Chuvash alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Crimean Tatar edit

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ж (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Dargwa edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Dargwa alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Dungan edit

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ж (ř) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Dungan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Eastern Mari edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Even edit

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ж (z) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Even alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Evenki edit

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ж (z) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Evenki alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Ingush edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The tenth letter of the Ingush alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Itelmen edit

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ж (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Itelmen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kabardian edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Kabardian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kalmyk edit

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ж (zh) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The tenth letter of the Kalmyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic ج
Cyrillic ж
Latin j
Yañalif ç

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  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ʒ/, [dʒ]

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ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The tenth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Khakas edit

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ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Khakas alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kumyk edit

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ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The tenth letter of the Kumyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kyrgyz edit

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ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, called же (je), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Lezgi edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The tenth letter of the Lezgi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Macedonian edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Macedonian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Mongolian edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called жэ (že), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Nivkh edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Nivkh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Northern Mansi edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Northern Mansi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Old Church Slavonic edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. A letter of the Old Church Slavonic alphabet, called живѣте (živěte) or жівѣте (živěte), and written in the Old Cyrillic script.

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Ossetian edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Ossetian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Only used in Russian borrowings.

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Romanian edit

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ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The seventh letter of the Moldovan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Russian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Russian alphabet, called же (že) or жэ (žɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Etymology 2 edit

Particle edit

ж (ž)

  1. Apocopic form of же (že)

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

ж (žm inan (indeclinable)

  1. (grammar) Abbreviation of же́нский род (žénskij rod, feminine gender).
    Synonym: ж. (ž.)

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ж (žf inan (indeclinable)

  1. Abbreviation of же́нская убо́рная (žénskaja ubórnaja, ladies' room, women's toilet).
    Synonym: Ж (Ž)

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

See Translingual.

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ж (lower case, upper case Ж, Latin spelling ž)

  1. The eighth letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

ж m (Roman spelling ž)

  1. (grammar) Abbreviation of женски род (feminine gender).
    Synonym: ж.

Southern Altai edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Southern Altai alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tabasaran edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Tabasaran alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tajik edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Tajik alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tatar edit

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ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tundra Nenets edit

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ж (ž°) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Tundra Nenets alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tuvan edit

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ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Tuvan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Ubykh edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ж ()

  1. to stretch
    Сыгьа сыжын.Səgʲa səẑən.I'm stretching.
  2. to support

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Udmurt edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Udmurt alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Ukrainian edit

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Etymology 1 edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called же (že), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic же (že), from Proto-Slavic *že, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ge, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi. Cognate with Czech že, Ancient Greek γε (ge), Sanskrit हि (hi), Russian же (že).

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ж (ž)

  1. stresses the topic; is, really, right, isn't it, etc. (used as a tag question would be in English)
    Але́ ж це кни́жка!
    Alé ž ce knýžka!
    But this is a book!
    Ти ж вдо́ма?
    Ty ž vdóma?
    You are at home, aren't you?

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Uzbek edit

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ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Uzbek alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Western Mari edit

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Western Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Yakut edit

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ж (zh) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The tenth letter of the Yakut alphabet, called жэ (zhe), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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