ձ

See also: ճ, Ջ, Զ, and Ձ

ձ U+0571, ձ ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER JA ← հ [U+0570] Armenian ղ → [U+0572]

Armenian

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [d͡zə]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [t͡sʰə]

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Letter

ձ

ձ lowercase (uppercase Ձ)

1. The 17th letter of Armenian alphabet, called ձա (ja). Transliterated as j (sometimes as dz).
   Represents:

   voiced alveolar affricate: IPA [d͡z] in Eastern Armenian

   aspirated voiceless alveolar affricate: IPA [t͡sʰ] in Western Armenian

See also

• (The Armenian script): Աա   Բբ   Գգ   Դդ   Եե   Զզ   Էէ   Ըը   Թթ   Ժժ   Իի   Լլ   Խխ   Ծծ   Կկ   Հհ   Ձձ   Ղղ   Ճճ   Մմ   Յյ   Նն   Շշ   Ոո   Չչ   Պպ   Ջջ   Ռռ   Սս   Վվ   Տտ   Րր   Ցց   Ււ   Փփ   Քք   Օօ   Ֆֆ
• (Letter combinations): ու   և   ﬔ   ﬕ   ﬓ   ﬗ   ﬖ
• (Dialectological): ՠ / ա̈   ա̊   է̀   օ̈   օ̈̀   ո̈ւ   բՙ   դՙ   գՙ   ձՙ   ջՙ   ֈ / յ̵   ʔ  
• (Punctuation):  ՙ    ՚   ՛   ՜   ՝   ՞   ՟   ․   ։   ֊
• (Symbols): ֏ ֎ ֍

References

• Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, § 1.1.2.3, page 19