Tsa (Armenian letter)
Tsa | |
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Ծ ծ | |
Usage | |
Writing system | Armenian script |
Type | Alphabetic |
Language of origin | Armenian language |
Sound values | ts (Eastern Armenian) dz (Western Armenian) |
In Unicode | U+53E, U+56E |
Alphabetical position | 14 Numerical value: 50 |
History | |
Development |
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Time period | 405 to present |
Other | |
Associated numbers | 50 |
Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
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Tsa (Eastern) or Dza (Western) (majuscule: Ծ; minuscule: ծ; Armenian: ծա) is the fourteenth letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiceless alveolar affricate (/ts/) in Eastern Armenian and the voiced alveolar affricate (/dz/) in Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the digraph Ts.[1] It was part of the alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century CE. In the Armenian numeral system, it has a value of 50.[2]
Character codes
Preview | Ծ | ծ | ||
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Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER CA | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER CA | ||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 1342 | U+053E | 1390 | U+056E |
UTF-8 | 212 190 | D4 BE | 213 174 | D5 AE |
Numeric character reference | Ծ | Ծ | ծ | ծ |
See also
- Xe, the letter preceding Tsa in the Armenian alphabet
- Armenian alphabet
References
External links
- Ծ on Wiktionary
- ծ on Wiktionary
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- t
- e
Armenian letters
- Ա
- Բ
- Գ
- Դ
- Ե
- Զ
- Է
- Ը
- Թ
- Ժ
- Ի
- Լ
- Խ
- Ծ
- Կ
- Հ
- Ձ
- Ղ
- Ճ
- Մ
- Յ
- Ն
- Շ
- Ո
- Չ
- Պ
- Ջ
- Ռ
- Ս
- Վ
- Տ
- Ր
- Ց
- Ւ
- ՈՒ
- Փ
- Ք
- և
- Օ
- Ֆ