Ghayn
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Ghayn (Ғ ғ; italics: Ғ ғ) also known as Ge with stroke, or as Ayn (in Kazakh), is a letter of the Cyrillic script. In Unicode this letter is called "Ghe with stroke".[1]
It is used in the Bashkir, Kazakh, Uzbek and Tajik languages, where it represents the voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/. Despite having a similar shape, it is not related to the Latin letter F (F f) or the Greek letter Digamma (Ϝ ϝ). In Kazakh and Tofa, this letter may also represent the voiced velar fricative /ɣ/.
In earlier, Arabic-alphabet-based orthographies for these languages, this sound was written with the letter ﻍ (ġayn/ghain).
Transliteration
In Kazakh and Tajik, it is transliterated as ⟨ğ⟩ or ⟨gh⟩, and in Uzbek it is transliterated as ⟨g‘⟩. In Azerbaijani, it is transliterated as ⟨ğ⟩.
Computing codes
Character | Ғ | ғ | ||
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Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE | CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER GHE WITH STROKE | ||
Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | hex |
Unicode | 1170 | U+0492 | 1171 | U+0493 |
UTF-8 | 210 146 | D2 92 | 210 147 | D2 93 |
Numeric character reference | Ғ | Ғ | ғ | ғ |
See also
- Г г : Cyrillic Ge
- F f : Latin F
- Ϝ ϝ : Greek Digamma
References
- ↑ "Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF". pp 38–43 of The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0 (2010). p. 42. http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0400.pdf Accessed 2011-04-25.