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Translingual
Letter
ż (upper case Ż)
- (international standards) Transliterates Perso-Arabic letter ض in Indic languages.
Kashubian
Etymology
The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and ż for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
ż (lower case, upper case Ż)
Lower Sorbian
Letter
ż (upper case Ż)
- (obsolete) A letter formerly used to represent the sound /ʑ/, now replaced by the digraph ź.
Maltese
Etymology
The dot indicates the “softer” of two pronunciations, in this case the fricative /z/ instead of the affricates /t͡s/, /d͡z/. Compare ċ and ġ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /z/
- IPA(key): /s/ (per final devoicing or assimilation to a following voiceless obstruent)
Letter
ż (upper case Ż)
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and ż for development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʐ/, or IPA(key): /ʂ/ if devoiced
- (letter name) IPA(key): /ʐɛt/
Letter
ż (upper case Ż, lower case)
Silesian
Etymology
The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and ż for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
ż (lower case, upper case Ż)