ч

See also: ҷ, Ч, ӵ, կ, վ, Կ, Վ, and -ч

ч U+0447, ч CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER CHE ← ц [U+0446] Cyrillic ш → [U+0448]

Azerbaijani

Cyrillic letter Ч ч
(Ч ч), normal above, italics below.

Handwritten forms

Etymology

From Glagolitic Ⱍ, from Hebrew ץ‎.

Letter

ч (lower case, upper case Ч) (italics: Ч, ч)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Cyrillic alphabet as formerly used for Azeri, preceded by Һ and followed by Ҹ, and representing /tʃ/. Since 1991, this sound has been spelt Ç.

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Mongolian

Particle

ч • (č) (Mongolian spelling ᠴᠤ (ču))

1. even
2. too (also)
3. marking the topic of the sentence
4. no-, any- (after interrogative pronouns, used with a negative verb)

   хэн ч байхгүй

   hen č bajhgüj

   nobody is there

5. every, -ever, any- (after interrogative pronouns)

Derived terms

• ч дээ (č dee)
• ч юмуу (č jumuu)
• -вч (-vč)

Conjunction

ч • (č)

1. although
2. both...and; neither...nor (with one ч after the first term, and another after the second)

Synonyms

• (although): гэсэн ч (gesen č)

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Ossetian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

ч • (ḱ) (upper case Ч)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Ossetian alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Ӕ ӕ (Æ æ), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Гъ гъ (Ǧ ǧ), Д д (D d), Дж дж (Ǵ ǵ), Дз дз (Ʒ ʒ), Е е (E e), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Къ къ (K’ k’), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Пъ пъ (P’ p’), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), Тъ тъ (Tʺ t’), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Хъ хъ (Q q), Ц ц (C c), Цъ цъ (C’ c’), Ч ч (Ḱ ḱ), Чъ чъ (Ḱ’ ḱ’), Ы ы (Y y)

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Russian

Etymology 1

From Glagolitic Ⱍ, from Hebrew ץ‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕ]

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Letter

ч • (č) (lower case, upper case Ч)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is че (če) and it has the sound of English ch in church. It is preceded by Ц (C) and followed by Ш (Š).

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Cyrillic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: Ч, ч

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of час (čas).

Noun

ч • (č) m inan (indeclinable)

1. h, hour

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Glagolitic Ⱍ, from Hebrew ץ‎.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂ/

Letter

ч (lower case, upper case Ч)

1. The 28th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet.

Usage notes

Its name is ч and it has the sound of English ch.

See also

• Previous letter: ц
• Next letter: џ