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ğ U+011F, ğ
LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH BREVE
Composition:g [U+0067] + ◌̆ [U+0306]
Ğ
Latin Extended-A Ġ

Translingual

Letter

ğ (upper case Ğ)

  1. The letter g with a breve.

See also

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (phoneme) /ɣ/, (letter name)

Letter

ğ (lower case, upper case Ğ)

  1. The tenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, called ğe and written in the Latin script.

See also

Crimean Tatar

Pronunciation

Letter

ğ lower case (upper case Ğ)

  1. The ninth letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, called ğı and written in the Latin script.

See also

Turkish

Etymology

The breve is used to indicate an elided ‹g›. This origin of the sound is evident in the archaic pronunciation as well as in alternations like çocukçocuğu (vis-à-vis kutup, umutkutubu, umudu). Moreover, in Arabic and Persian borrowings the letter غ () is equivalent to Turkish ‹ğ› word-internally, but to ‹g› word-initially (as ‹ğ› cannot be initial).

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /jumuˈʃak ɟeː/
  • IPA(key): , , ,
  • (Eastern dialects) IPA(key):
  • Word-finally and before a consonant, it lengthens the preceding vowel. Intervocally, it creates a hiatus, which in turn may be contracted into a long vowel or be separated with a semivowel (depending on the vowel combination as well as the speaker’s dialect).

Letter

ğ (lower case, upper case Ğ)

  1. The ninth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called yumuşak ge and written in the Latin script.

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