Dzim, Źim, Dze, or Źe (ځ) is a Pashto letter representing the sibilant affricative (IPA: /dz/) sound. In size and shape, it is a ḥāʾ with a hamza above.[1]: 17–18  It is written in several ways depending on its position in the word:

Position in word Isolated Final Medial Initial
Glyph form:
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ځ ـځ ـځـ ځـ

References edit

  1. ^ David, Anne Boyle (2014). Descriptive grammar of Pashto and its dialects. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. doi:10.1515/9781614512318. ISBN 9781614512318.