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See also: Appendix:Variations of "z",
ᴣ ,
Ӡ ,
ჳ ,
Ȝ ,
ꝫ ,
ℨ ,
3 ,
ƺ ,
ǯ ,
ʓ ,
ᶚ ,
𬼁 , and ӡ
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
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
- (UPA, NAPA) A d-z affricate (IPA )
- Synonym: dz
Further reading
Etymology 2
Alternative form of ℨ (“drachm, dram”)
Symbol
ʒ
- (pharmacy) drachm, dram.
1583, Philip Barrough [i.e., Philip Barrow], “Of Making Bolus”, in The Methode of Phisicke, Conteyning the Causes, Signes, and Cures of Inward Diseases in Mans Body from the Head to the Foote. (in English), London: Thomas Vautroullier , →OCLC, book VI, page 288:BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets. […] ℞. medulda caſiæ fiſtulæ newly drawen. ʒ. vj. of diaprunis laxatiue. ʒ. ij. of ſuger roſet [sugar compounded with rose petals] tabulate as much as ſuffiſeth make a bole.
Etymology 3
Symbol
ʒ
- (alchemy, archaic) cinnabar
- Synonym: 🜓
Dagbani
Pronunciation
Letter
ʒ (upper case Ʒ)
- A letter of the Dagbani alphabet.
Even
Letter
ʒ (dž) (upper case Ʒ)
- (obsolete) A letter of the Unified Northern Alphabet.
Evenki
Letter
ʒ • (dž) (upper case Ʒ)
- (obsolete) A letter of the Unified Northern Alphabet.
Kildin Sami
Letter
ʒ (dž) (upper case Ʒ)
- (obsolete) A letter of the Unified Northern Alphabet.
Romani
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/, /ʑ/, /ʒ/
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] (overall work 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.