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Translingual
Etymology 1
Introduced in Isaac Pitman's English Phonotypic Alphabet in 1847 based on the "tailed" medieval cursive form of the letter z.
Pronunciation
IPA (file)
Symbol
ʒ
- (IPA) a voiced palatoalveolar sibilant.
- Coordinate term: (voiceless palatoalveolar fricative) ʃ
- (superscript ⟨ᶾ⟩, IPA) -fricated release of a plosive (e.g. , sometimes implying an affricate ); -coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic .
- (some Italian dictionaries) voiced alveolar affricate (/dz/)
- Synonym: ż
- (NAPA) A d-z affricate (IPA )
Further reading
ʒ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - ezh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Voiced palato-alveolar sibilant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Alternative form of ℨ (“drachm, dram”)
Symbol
ʒ
- (pharmacy) drachm, dram.
- 1624, Philip Barrough [i.e., Philip Barrow], “Of Making Bolus”, in The Method of Physick, Contaning the Cavses, Signes, and Cvres of Inward Diseases in Mans Body, from the Head to the Foote. Whereunto is Added, The Forme and Rule of Making Remedies and Medicines, which Our Physitions Commonly Vse at this Day, with the Proportion, Quantity, and Names of Each Medicine, 6th edition, book VII (in English), London: Imprinted by Richard Field, dwelling in great Woodstreete, →OCLC, page 397:
- Bolvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme and faſhion it is meanely whole, and it is ſwallowed by little gobbets. […] ℞ Medulla Caſſiæ fiſtulæ newly drawne, ʒ. vj. of Diaprunis laxatiuæ, ʒ. ij. of Sugar roſet [sugar compounded with rose petals] tabulate as much as ſufficeth, make a bole.
Etymology 3
Symbol
ʒ
Dagbani
Pronunciation
Letter
ʒ (upper case Ʒ)
- A letter of the Dagbani alphabet.
Romani
Pronunciation
Letter
ʒ (upper case Ʒ)
- (International Standard) The thirty-second letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- Synonym: (Pan-Vlax) dž
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).
References
- Marcel Courthiade (2009) “DIALECTAL STRUCTURE OF THE RROMANI LANGUAGE”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 43
- “Introduction 3. How to read Rromani”, in R.E.D-RROM, 2021 October 2 (last accessed)
- Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “Ʒ, ʒ”, in ニューエクスプレス ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 15
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
Letter
ʒ (upper case Ʒ)
- The sixth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ
Wakhi
Pronunciation
Letter
ʒ (upper case Ʒ)
- A letter of the Wakhi alphabet, written in the Latin script.