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Translingual
Letter
ž (upper case Ž )
( international standards ) Transliterates Devanagari झ़ and Perso-Arabic letter ژ in Indic languages.
Symbol
ž
( NAPA ) a voiced postalveolar fricative (IPA ).
See also
Czech
Pronunciation
Letter
ž (lower case , upper case Ž )
the final letter of the Czech alphabet, after z
Estonian
Pronunciation
Letter
ž (lower case , upper case Ž )
The twenty-second letter of the Estonian alphabet , called žee and written in the Latin script .
Usage notes
See also
( Latin-script letters) täht ; A a , B b (C c ), D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p (Q q ), R r , S s , Š š , Z z , Ž ž , T t , U u , V v (W w ), Õ õ , Ä ä , Ö ö , Ü ü (X x , Y y )
Finnish
Etymology
Common European letter for this sound, apparently first used in Czech; see Ž on Wikipedia .
Letter
ž (lower case , upper case Ž )
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).
See also
( Latin-script letters) kirjain ; A a , B b , C c , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s (Š š ), T t , U u , V v (W w ), X x , Y y , Z z (Ž ž ), Å å , Ä ä , Ö ö
Inari Sami
Pronunciation
Letter
ž (upper case Ž )
The twenty-ninth letter of the Inari Sami alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , Â â , B b , C c , Č č , D d , Đ đ , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , Ŋ ŋ , O o , P p , R r , S s , Š š , T t , U u , V v , Y y , Z z , Ž ž , Ä ä , Á á
Lakota
Pronunciation
Letter
ž (upper case Ž )
A letter of the Lakota alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a (Á á ), Aŋ aŋ (Áŋ áŋ ), B b , Č č , Čh čh , Čʼ čʼ , E e (É é ), G g , Ǧ ǧ , H h , Ȟ ȟ , Ȟʼ ȟʼ , I i (Í í ), Iŋ iŋ (Íŋ íŋ ), K k , Kh kh , Kȟ kȟ , Kʼ kʼ , L l , M m , N n , O o (Ó ó ), P p , Ph ph , Pȟ pȟ , Pʼ pʼ , S s , Sʼ sʼ , Š š , Šʼ šʼ , T t , Th th , Tȟ tȟ , Tʼ tʼ , U u (Ú ú ), Uŋ uŋ (Úŋ úŋ ), W w , Y y , Z z , Ž ž , ʼ
Latvian
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
Letter
Ž
ž (lower case , upper case Ž )
The thirty-third letter of the Latvian alphabet , called žē and written in the Latin script .
See also
Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
burti : A a , Ā ā , B b , C c , Č č , D d , E e , Ē ē , F f , G g , Ģ ģ , H h , I i , Ī ī , J j , K k , Ķ ķ , L l , Ļ ļ , M m , N n , Ņ ņ , O o , P p , R r , S s , Š š , T t , U u , Ū ū , V v , Z z , Ž ž
Livonian
Pronunciation
Letter
ž (upper case Ž )
The thirty-ninth letter of the Livonian alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦ ; A a , Ā ā , Ä ä , Ǟ ǟ , B b , D d , D̦ d̦ , E e , Ē ē , F f , G g , H h , I i , Ī ī , J j , K k , L l , Ļ ļ , M m , N n , Ņ ņ , O o , Ō ō , Ȯ ȯ , Ȱ ȱ , Õ õ , Ȭ ȭ , P p , R r , Ŗ ŗ , S s , Š š , T t , Ț ț , U u , Ū ū , V v , Z z , Ž ž
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Letter
ž (upper case Ž )
The thirty-third letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet , called žet and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) pismik ; A a , B b , C c , Č č , Ć ć , D d , E e , Ě ě , F f , G g , H h , Ch ch , I i , J j , K k , Ł ł , L l , M m , N n , Ń ń , O o (Ó ó ), P p , R r , Ŕ ŕ , S s , Š š , Ś ś , T t , U u , W w , Y y , Z z , Ž ž , Ź ź
( obsolete letters ) B́ b́ , Ė ė , Ḿ ḿ , Ṅ ṅ , Ṕ ṕ , Ṙ ṙ , ſ , ß , Ꞩ ẜ , Ẃ ẃ , Ẇ ẇ , Ż ż
Romani
Pronunciation
Letter
ž (lower case , upper case Ž )
( Pan-Vlax ) The thirty-second letter of the Romani alphabet , written in the Latin script .
Synonym: ( International Standard ) ź
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 ) .
Samogitian
Pronunciation
Letter
ž (upper case Ž )
The thirty-second letter of the Samogitian alphabet , called žė or žet and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , Ā ā , B b , C c , Č č , D d , E e , Ē ē , Ė ė , Ė̄ ė̄ , F f , G g , H h , I i , Ī ī , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , Ō ō , P p , R r , S s , Š š , T t , U u , Ū ū , V v , Z z , Ž ž
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 )
The 30th and last letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet.
See also
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of ženski rod .
Noun
ž m (Cyrillic spelling ж )
( grammar ) feminine gender
Synonyms
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
Letter
ž (upper case Ž )
The thirty-fourth 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
Slovak
Pronunciation
Letter
ž (upper case Ž )
The forty-sixth letter of the Slovak alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) písmeno ; A a , Á á , Ä ä , B b , C c , Č č , D d , Ď ď , Dz dz , Dž dž , E e , É é , F f , G g , H h , Ch ch , I i , Í í , J j , K k , L l , Ĺ ĺ , Ľ ľ , M m , N n , Ň ň , O o , Ó ó , Ô ô , P p , Q q , R r , Ŕ ŕ , S s , Š š , T t , Ť ť , U u , Ú ú , V v , W w , X x , Y y , Ý ý , Z z , Ž ž
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
IPA (key ) : /ʒ/
Letter
ž (upper case Ž )
A letter of the Tuareg alphabet , written in the Latin script .
Turkmen
Pronunciation
Letter
ž (upper case Ž )
The twelfth letter of the Turkmen alphabet , called že and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) harp ; A a , B b , Ç ç , D d , E e , Ä ä , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , Ž ž , K k , L l , M m , N n , Ň ň , O o , Ö ö , P p , R r , S s , Ş ş , T t , U u , Ü ü , W w , Y y , Ý ý , Z z
Wakhi
Pronunciation
Letter
ž (upper case Ž )
A letter of the Wakhi alphabet , written in the Latin script .