Źim
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Źim | |
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ځ | |
Usage | |
Writing system | Arabic script |
Type | Abjad |
Language of origin | Pashto |
Sound values | Pashto: [d͡z] / [z] |
In Unicode | U+0681 ځ ARABIC LETTER HAH WITH HAMZA ABOVE [1] |
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Writing direction | Right-to-left |
Dzim, Źim, Dze, or Źe (ځ) is a Pashto letter representing the sibilant affricative (IPA: /dz/) sound. In size and shape, it is a ḥāʾ with a hamza above.[2]: 17–18 It is written in several ways depending on its position in the word:
Position in word | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
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Glyph form: (Help) |
ځ | ـځ | ـځـ | ځـ |
References
[edit]- ^ "Unicode Utilities: Character Properties". util.unicode.org. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ David, Anne Boyle (2014). Descriptive grammar of Pashto and its dialects. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. doi:10.1515/9781614512318. ISBN 9781614512318.