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Armenian
Pronunciation
Letter
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դ
դ lowercase (uppercase Դ)
- The 4th letter of Armenian alphabet, called դա (da). Transliterated as d.
Represents:
- voiced dental plosive: in Eastern Armenian and Armenian dialectology
- aspirated voiceless dental plosive: in Western Armenian
See also
References
- Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, § 1.1.2.1, pages 17–18
Ottoman Turkish
Letter
դ • (t)
- A letter of the Armeno-Turkish script, named դա (ta). Represents voiceless dental plosive: . Transliterated as t.
Usage notes
This letter is mostly used only with Armenian loans, but some authors will use it for Turkish words before a back vowel; i.e., before one of ա (a), ը (ı), օ (o), ու (u), using թ (t) before front vowels. This mirrors the behavior of ط and ت, respectively, in Perso-Arabic.
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