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ž U+017E, ž
LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH CARON
Composition:z [U+007A] + ◌̌ [U+030C]
Ž
Latin Extended-A ſ

Translingual

Letter

ž (upper case Ž)

  1. (international standards) Transliterates Devanagari झ़ and Perso-Arabic letter ژ in Indic languages.

Symbol

ž

  1. (NAPA) a voiced postalveolar fricative (IPA ).

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Czech

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Letter

ž (lower case, upper case Ž)

  1. the final letter of the Czech alphabet, after z

Estonian

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Pronunciation

Letter

ž (lower case, upper case Ž)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Estonian alphabet, called žee and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Used only in loanwords.

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Finnish

Etymology

Common European letter for this sound, apparently first used in Czech; see Ž on Wikipedia.

Letter

ž (lower case, upper case Ž)

  1. A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called hattu-z or suhu-z and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • In the Finnish alphabet, ž is a variant of z.
  • Used only in loanwords and transcribing foreign names.
  • Often spelled as z or zh, mainly due to technical restrictions (e.g. ž cannot be directly typed with the standard Finnish keyboard layout).

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Inari Sami

Pronunciation

Letter

ž (upper case Ž)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Inari Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Lakota

Pronunciation

Letter

ž (upper case Ž)

  1. A letter of the Lakota alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Latvian

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

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Letter

Ž

ž (lower case, upper case Ž)

  1. The thirty-third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called žē and written in the Latin script.

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Livonian

Pronunciation

Letter

ž (upper case Ž)

  1. The thirty-ninth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Letter

ž (upper case Ž)

  1. The thirty-third letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called žet and written in the Latin script.

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Romani

Pronunciation

Letter

ž (lower case, upper case Ž)

  1. (Pan-Vlax) The thirty-second letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: (International Standard) ź

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Samogitian

Pronunciation

Letter

ž (upper case Ž)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Samogitian alphabet, called žė or žet and written in the Latin script.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Letter

ž (lower case, upper case Ž)

  1. The 30th and last letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet.
See also
  • Previous letter: z

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of ženski rod.

Noun

ž m (Cyrillic spelling ж)

  1. (grammar) feminine gender
Synonyms

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

Letter

ž (upper case Ž)

  1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Slovak

Pronunciation

Letter

ž (upper case Ž)

  1. The forty-sixth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Further reading

  • ž”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Tuareg

Pronunciation

  1. IPA(key): /ʒ/

Letter

ž (upper case Ž)

  1. A letter of the Tuareg alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Turkmen

Pronunciation

Letter

ž (upper case Ž)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called že and written in the Latin script.

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Wakhi

Pronunciation

Letter

ž (upper case Ž)

  1. A letter of the Wakhi alphabet, written in the Latin script.