Za (Armenian letter)

Za (majuscule: Զ; minuscule: զ; Armenian: զա) is the sixth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiced alveolar sibilant (/z/) in both Eastern and Western varieties of Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 6.[1] Its shape in capital form is similar to the Arabic numeral 2 and two other Armenian letters, Dza (Ձ) and Je (Ջ). Its shape in lowercase form is also similar to the minuscule form of the Latin Q (q), the minuscule form of the Cyrillic letter Ԛ (ԛ), and the minuscule form of another Armenian letter, Gim (գ).

Za
Զ զ
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Phonetic usagez
Unicode codepointU+536, U+566
Alphabetical position6
Numerical value: 6
History
Development
  • Զ զ
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers6
Writing directionLeft-to-Right

Computing codes

Character information
PreviewԶզ
Unicode name ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER ZA ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER ZA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode1334U+05361382U+0566
UTF-8212 182D4 B6213 166D5 A6
Numeric character referenceԶԶզզ

See also

References

  • Զ on Wiktionary
  • զ on Wiktionary
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