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]

Tsa
Ծ ծ
Usage
Writing systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Sound valuests (Eastern Armenian)
dz (Western Armenian)
In UnicodeU+53E, U+56E
Alphabetical position14
Numerical value: 50
History
Development
  • Ծ ծ
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers50
Writing directionLeft-to-Right
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.

Character codes

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Character information
Preview Ծ ծ
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

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References

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  1. ^ "Transliteration of Armenian" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Numbers in Eastern Armenian". Omniglot.com.
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  • Ծ on Wiktionary
  • ծ on Wiktionary