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Translingual
Etymology
Derived from Perso-Arabic letter ز (ze).
Pronunciation
Letter
ज़ (za)
- a letter of the Devanagari abugida representing the sound /z/
See also
Dhivehi
Pronunciation
Letter
ज़ • (za)
- The twenty-sixth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari
Gamale Kham
Pronunciation
Letter
ज़ (za)
- Used to represent the sound in Gamale Kham
See also
- (Devanagari script letters) अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ऌ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, ज़, झ़, व़, ह्व, ह्ल, म्ह, न्ह, ह्व़ (Category: Gamale Kham letters)
References
- Wilde, Christopher P. (2016) “ज़”, in Gamale Kham Phonology Revisited, with Devanagari-based Orthography and Lexicon, Asia-Pacific Linguistics
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /zə/, , /d͡ʒə/,
Letter
ज़ • (za)
- the fourth nuqta consonant in Hindi
See also
- (Devanagari script letters) अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़ (Category: Hindi letters)
Kullu Pahari
Pronunciation
Letter
ज़ (dz)
- Used to represent the sound in Kullui.