Ž
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Translingual
Description
Letter
Ž (lower case ž)
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See also
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter Z): Źź Ẑẑ Žž Żż Ẓẓ Ẕẕ Ƶƶ Ȥȥ Ⱬⱬ ᵶ ᶎ ʐ ʑ ɀ ᴢ Zz DZDzdz DZDzdz DŽDždž DŽDždž
- (Letters with háček): Ǎǎ Čč Ďď Ěě Ǧǧ Ȟȟ Ǐǐ J̌ǰ Ǩǩ Ľľ Ňň Ǒǒ Řř Šš Ťť Ǔǔ Ǚǚ Žž Ǯǯ DŽDždž DŽDždž
Czech
Letter
Ž (lower case ž)
- the final letter of the Czech alphabet, after z
Estonian
Letter
Ž (upper case, lower case ž)
- The twenty-second letter of the Estonian alphabet, called žee and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- Used only in loanwords.
- Sometimes written as zh.
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 (upper case, lower 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
Kalo Finnish Romani
Letter
Ž (upper case, lower case ž)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Kalo Finnish Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.[1]
Usage notes
Used only in the digraph Dž.[1]
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, Ȟ ȟ, 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, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö
References
Lakota
Pronunciation
Letter
Ž (lower 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 (upper case, lower case ž)
- The thirty-third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called zē and written in the Latin script.
See also
- Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
Lithuanian
Letter
Ž (upper case, lower case ž)
See also
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Letter
Ž (lower 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 (upper case, lower 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).
Serbo-Croatian
Letter
Ž (upper case, lower case ž, Cyrillic spelling Ж)
- 30th letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet
See also
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
Letter
Ž (lower 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 (lower 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 (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Slovene
Pronunciation
Letter
Ž (capital, lowercase ž)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- The thirty-fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
- The twenty-sixth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.
Wakhi
Pronunciation
Letter
Ž (lower case ž)
- A letter of the Wakhi alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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