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D

See also: Appendix:Variations of "d"

D U+0044, D
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D
← C
[U+0043] 		Basic Latin E →
[U+0045]
Ⅾ U+216E, Ⅾ
ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE HUNDRED
← Ⅽ
[U+216D] 		Number Forms Ⅿ →
[U+216F]
Ｄ U+FF24, Ｄ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D
← Ｃ
[U+FF23] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｅ →
[U+FF25]

Translingual Edit

 
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Etymology 1 Edit

 

From the Etruscan letter 𐌃 (d, “de”), from the Ancient Greek letter Δ (D, “delta”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤃‎ (d, “dalet”), from an uncertain origin, likely the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉿.

Letter Edit

D (lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
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Etymology 2 Edit

A simplification of Ꟈ under the graphic influence of the letter D, from a standardization of Ɔ superposed on a ⋀ or ⊢, from the practice of circling each hundredth ⋀ (now Roman numeral V), the tally stick notch mark representing five.

Alternative forms Edit

Numeral Edit

D (upper case Roman numeral, lower case d)

  1. (Roman numerals) Five hundred (500).
  2. the five hundredth (500th)

Etymology 3 Edit

  • (chemistry, deuterium): abbreviation of deuterium
  • (computing, hexadecimal 13): From its position as the thirteenth element of the series {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}
  • (Germany): abbreviation of German word Deutschland (“Germany”)

Symbol Edit

D

  1. (chemistry) Deuterium, when it needs to be distinguished from ordinary hydrogen.
  2. (computing) Hexadecimal symbol for thirteen.
  3. A standard size of dry cell battery larger than C.
  4. Vehicle-distinguishing sign for Germany.
  5. (biochemistry) IUPAC one-letter abbreviation for aspartic acid.
  6. (mathematics) The differential operator in calculus and analysis.
  7. (linguistics) A wildcard for an alveolar consonant
  8. (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by Moody's Investors Service and S&P Global Ratings, indicating that a bond is in default, and the issuer is (or is about to become) bankrupt.
  9. (actuarial notation) arithmetically decreasing payments
  10. denier (unit)
  11. (clothing) Bra cup size.

Gallery Edit

  • Letter styles
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    Uppercase and lowercase versions of D, in normal and italic type

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    Uppercase D in Fraktur

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    Lowercase D in Fraktur

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Other representations of D:

English Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Old English D, a 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter D of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ (d, “daeg”).

Pronunciation Edit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /diː/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Phoneme: IPA(key): /d/

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d, plural Ds or D's)

  1. The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
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Number Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The ordinal number fourth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2 Edit

Abbreviations.

Noun Edit

D (countable and uncountable, plural Ds)

  1. Abbreviation of defense. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. (US politics) Abbreviation of Democrat, especially preceding the constituent location.
    D-New York
  3. (automotive) Abbreviation of drive, the setting of an automatic transmission.
  4. (printing) Abbreviation of duodecimo, as adopted by the American Library Association.
  5. (euphemistic, slang) Clipping of dick (“penis”).
    She wants the D!
  6. (electronics) Abbreviation of data.
  7. (Unicode) Canonical decomposition
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  8. (music) Abbreviation of Deutsch number in the Schubert Thematic Catalogue.
    Coordinate term: K (“Köchel number”)
    Symphony No. 4 Tragic D 417
  9. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of day.
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Derived terms Edit

Adverb Edit

D

  1. Abbreviation of down (direction).

Adjective Edit

D

  1. Abbreviation of divorced.

Proper noun Edit

D

  1. (with “The”) The City of Detroit.
  2. (religion) Abbreviation of Deuteronomist.

Interjection Edit

D

  1. (euphemistic) Damn.

References Edit

Etymology 3 Edit

From the shape of the upper case letter "D".

Noun Edit

D (plural Ds)

  1. (snooker) The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.
  2. (soccer) The penalty arc on a football pitch.
    • 2022 June 11, Ben Fisher, “Brennan Johnson’s late goal denies Belgium and extends the Wales party”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      Johnson, a late substitute, applied the finishing touch but it was move kickstarted by the again-impressive Neco Williams, who skedaddled forward from halfway with the ball in tow before feeding Aaron Ramsey on the edge of the D.

Etymology 4 Edit

From the position (4) of the letter D in the English alphabet.

Noun Edit

D (plural Ds)

  2. (education, chiefly Canada, US) A grade awarded for a class, better than outright failure (which can be F or E depending on the institution) and worse than a C.

Proper noun Edit

D

  1. (computer languages) A programming language inspired from C++.

Afar Edit

Letter Edit

D

  1. The tenth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Afrikaans Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /dɪə/

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Noun Edit

D (plural D's, diminutive D'tjie)

  1. D

Albanian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D (D) (upper case D, lower case d)

  1. The 5th letter of the Standard Albanian Latin-script alphabet.
  2. The 7th letter of the Arvanitic Albanian Greek-script alphabet.

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Angami Edit

Letter Edit

D

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Azerbaijani Edit

Letter Edit

D upper case (lower case d)

  1. The fifth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Basque Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Basque alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

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Central Franconian Edit

Etymology Edit

  • /d/ is from West Germanic *d and *þ, in Ripuarian and northernmost Moselle Franconian also from geminated *dd (but not *þþ).

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes Edit

Doubling of D and use in the syllable coda
  • In the German-based spelling, d is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem. In the syllable coda, the choice between d and t may be based on internal analogy, but more often follows the German cognate.
  • In the Dutch-based spelling, d is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open. In the syllable coda, internal analogy prevails.

Chinese Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

For pronunciation and definitions of D – see 啲 (“a few; a little bit; some; a bit; a bit more; etc.”).
(This character, D, is a variant form of 啲.)

Etymology 2 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Verb Edit

D

  1. (Internet slang) to DDOS

Etymology 3 Edit

From Japanese DD(ディーディー) (dīdī).

Pronunciation Edit

Verb Edit

D

  1. (Internet slang, neologism, ACG, often offensive) to like (a VTuber)
Derived terms Edit

Etymology 4 Edit

Cantonese dok1
Spelling pronunciation in Hong Kong, derived from English dog.

Pronunciation 1 Edit

Note: dok1 - Hong Kong.
Note: Often realised as 1di.
Letter Edit

D

  1. The fourth letter of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation 2 Edit

Letter Edit

D

  1. The fourth letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notes Edit
  • 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
  • The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

Dutch Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Elfdalian Edit

Alternative forms Edit

  • ᚦ, D (Dalecarlian runes)

Letter Edit

D (upper case D, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Elfdalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Esperanto Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fifth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called do and written in the Latin script.

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Estonian Edit

 
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Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

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Finnish Edit

Etymology Edit

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on Swedish, German and Latin. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and D for development of the glyph itself.

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes Edit

  • Used only in loanwords except for the weak grade of t.

See also Edit

Noun Edit

D

  1. Alternative letter-case form of d (“D (musical note)”)

German Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the German alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

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Hungarian Edit

 
Compass rose

Etymology 1 Edit

Abbreviation of dél (“south”).

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

D (plural D-ek)

  1. s. (south)
Declension Edit

The declined forms below are used only in writing. When speaking, the declined forms of the full word should be used, as shown at dél.

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative D D-ek
accusative D-et D-eket
dative D-nek D-eknek
instrumental D-lel D-ekkel
causal-final D-ért D-ekért
translative D-lé D-ekké
terminative D-ig D-ekig
essive-formal D-ként D-ekként
essive-modal — —
inessive D-ben D-ekben
superessive D-en D-eken
adessive D-nél D-eknél
illative D-be D-ekbe
sublative D-re D-ekre
allative D-hez D-ekhez
elative D-ből D-ekből
delative D-ről D-ekről
ablative D-től D-ektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		D-é D-eké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		D-éi D-ekéi
Possessive forms of D
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. D-em D-eim
2nd person sing. D-ed D-eid
3rd person sing. D-e D-ei
1st person plural D-ünk D-eink
2nd person plural D-etek D-eitek
3rd person plural D-ük D-eik
Coordinate terms Edit

(compass points) égtájak;

északnyugat (ÉNy) észak (É) északkelet (ÉK)
nyugat (Ny)   kelet (K)
délnyugat (DNy) dél (D) délkelet (DK)

Etymology 2 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called dé and written in the Latin script.
Declension Edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative D D-k
accusative D-t D-ket
dative D-nek D-knek
instrumental D-vel D-kkel
causal-final D-ért D-kért
translative D-vé D-kké
terminative D-ig D-kig
essive-formal D-ként D-kként
essive-modal — —
inessive D-ben D-kben
superessive D-n D-ken
adessive D-nél D-knél
illative D-be D-kbe
sublative D-re D-kre
allative D-hez D-khez
elative D-ből D-kből
delative D-ről D-kről
ablative D-től D-ktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		D-é D-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		D-éi D-kéi
Possessive forms of D
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. D-m D-im
2nd person sing. D-d D-id
3rd person sing. D-je D-i
1st person plural D-nk D-ink
2nd person plural D-tek D-itek
3rd person plural D-jük D-ik
Derived terms Edit

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Ido Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D (lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Indonesian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Italian Edit

 
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Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Italian alphabet, called di and written in the Latin script.

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Kashubian Edit

Etymology Edit

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and D for development of the glyph itself.

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Latvian Edit

 
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Etymology Edit

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation Edit

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Letter Edit

 
D

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called dē and written in the Latin script.

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Malay Edit

 
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Pronunciation Edit

  • (name of letter) IPA(key): [di]
  • (phoneme, syllable-initial) IPA(key): [d]
  • (phoneme, syllable-final) IPA(key): [t̚]

Letter Edit

D

  1. The fourth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Norwegian Bokmål Edit

Letter Edit

D (lowercase d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Nupe Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Polish Edit

Etymology Edit

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and D for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Polish alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

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Portuguese Edit

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Noun Edit

D m (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of dom. (as a title)

Romani Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Romanian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called de or dî and written in the Latin script.

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Saanich Edit

Pronunciation Edit

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D

  1. The eighth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Silesian Edit

Etymology Edit

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and D for development of the glyph itself.

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Skolt Sami Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D (lower case d)

  1. The eighth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Slovene Edit

 
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Etymology Edit

From Gaj's Latin alphabet D, from Czech alphabet D, from Latin D, from the Etruscan letter 𐌃 (d, “de”), from the Ancient Greek letter Δ (D, “delta”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤃‎ (d, “dalet”), from an uncertain origin, likely the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓉿.

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. The seventh letter of the Resian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  3. The fifth letter of the Natisone Valley dialect alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Noun Edit

D m inan

  1. The name of the Latin script letter D / d.

Inflection Edit

  • Overall more common
 
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. D
gen. sing. D-ja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		D D-ja D-ji
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		D-ja D-jev D-jev
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		D-ju D-jema D-jem
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		D D-ja D-je
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		D-ju D-jih D-jih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		D-jem D-jema D-ji
  • More common when with a definite adjective
Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing. D
gen. sing. D
singular dual plural
nominative D D D
accusative D D D
genitive D D D
dative D D D
locative D D D
instrumental D D D

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Further reading Edit

  • “D”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Somali Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D upper case (lower case d)

  1. The seventh letter of the Somali alphabet, called deel and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes Edit

  1. The seventh letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by KH and followed by R.

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Spanish Edit

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Derived terms Edit

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Tagalog Edit

Etymology Edit

From Spanish D. Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English D.
  • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish D.
  • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜇ (da/ra).

Pronunciation Edit

  • Hyphenation: D
  • (letter name, Filipino alphabet): IPA(key): /di/, [dɪ]
  • (letter name, Abecedario): IPA(key): /de/, [dɛ]
  • (letter name, Abakada alphabet): IPA(key): /da/, [dɐ]
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /d/, [d]
  • Rhymes: -i, -e, -a

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)

  1. The fourth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called di and written in the Latin script.
  2. (historical) The fifth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario), called de and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes Edit

  • Sometimes switched with the letter R between vowels due to lenition.
  • Often switched with the letter R on non-initial positions in early texts which may indicate ancient pronunciation of words.

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Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d, Baybayin spelling ᜇ)

  1. The fourth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abakada alphabet), called da and written in the Latin script.

Further reading Edit

Turkish Edit

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fifth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called de and written in the Latin script.

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Vietnamese Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The sixth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called dê, đê, or dờ and written in the Latin script.

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Welsh Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fifth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called di and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by Ch and followed by Dd.

Mutation Edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Dinbych Ddinbych Ninbych unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Further reading Edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), chapter D, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yoruba Edit

Pronunciation Edit

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D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The third letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called dí and written in the Latin script.

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Zulu Edit

Letter Edit

D (upper case, lower case d)

  1. The fourth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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