Also known as Ze with descender, Dhe
letter of the Bashkir Cyrillic alphabet, representing /ð/
Key facts
- Writing system
- Cyrillic
- Type
- Alphabetic
- Sound values
- [ ð ], [ d͡z ]
- Transliterations
- Dh dh
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- Unicode character
- ҙ
- Commons category
- Ҙ
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Ze with descender or Dhe (Ҙ ҙ; italics: Ҙ ҙ), is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is used in both the Bashkir and Wakhi languages, where it represents the voiced dental fricative /ð/ (like the ⟨th⟩ in this) and the voiced alveolar affricate /d͡z/ (like the ⟨ds⟩ in lads) respectively. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Ze (З з З з). It is romanized as Z with acute ⟨ź⟩ for Bashkir, and corresponds with Ezh ⟨ʒ⟩ in the Latin script of the Wakhi language and the Shughni language.
The letter itself was introduced in 1939.