Za (majuscule: Զ; minuscule: զ; Armenian: զա) is the sixth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiced alveolar sibilant /z/ in both Eastern and Western varieties of Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of ⟨6⟩.[1] Its shape in capital form is similar to the Arabic numeral 2 and two other Armenian letters, Dza ⟨Ձ⟩ and Je ⟨Ջ⟩. Its shape in lowercase form is also similar to the minuscule form of the Latin Q ⟨q⟩, the minuscule form of the Cyrillic letter Ԛ ⟨ԛ⟩, and the minuscule form of another Armenian letter, Gim ⟨գ⟩.

Za
Զ զ
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Sound valuesz
In UnicodeU+536, U+566
Alphabetical position6
Numerical value: 6
History
Development
  • Զ զ
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers6
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Computing codes

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Character information
Preview Զ զ
Unicode name ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER ZA ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER ZA
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1334 U+0536 1382 U+0566
UTF-8 212 182 D4 B6 213 166 D5 A6
Numeric character reference Զ Զ զ զ
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References

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  1. ^ "Զ տառը բացատրություն, z tary bacatrutyun, զ տառը հոմանիշ, զ տառը ռուսերեն թարգմանություն, զ տառը հականիշ, զ տառը անգլերեն թարգմանություն, զ տառը դարձվածքներ".
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