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From Gaj's Latin alphabet đ, from Czech alphabet d, from Latin d, which is a modification of capital letter D, from Ancient Greek letter Δ(D, “Delta”). Pronunciation as IPA(key): /d͡ʑə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably by analogy from Germand.
Kenda-Jež, Karmen (2017 February 27) Fonetična trankripcija [Phonetic transcription] (in Slovene), Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, archived from the original on January 22, 2022, pages 27–30
Spanish
Preposition
đ
Written form of de often found on signs rather than in literature
Usage notes
The Đ Unicode character is not the same as the Spanish DE ligature, but the latter is not yet supported by Unicode. In the Spanish ligature the stroke does not cross the vertical of the D.