Ž

Ž U+017D, Ž LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH CARON Composition: Z [U+005A] + ◌̌ [U+030C] ← ż [U+017C] Latin Extended-A ž → [U+017E]

Estonian

Letter

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Estonian alphabet, called žee and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• Used only in loanwords.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

Finnish

Etymology

Common European letter for this sound, apparently first used in Czech; see Ž on Wikipedia.

Letter

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)

1. A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called hattu-z or suhu-z and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• In the Finnish alphabet, Ž is a variant of Z.
• Often written as zh.
• Used only in loanwords and transcribing foreign names.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

Kalo Finnish Romani

Letter

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Kalo Finnish Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Used only in the digraph Dž.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, Ȟ ȟ, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʒ]

Letter

Ž

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)

1. The thirty-third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called zē and written in the Latin script.

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

Lithuanian

Letter

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)

1. 32nd letter of the Lithuanian alphabet

See also

• Appendix:Alphabets

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

Ž (lower case ž)

1. The thirty-third letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called žet and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
• (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṅ ṅ, Ṕ ṕ, Ṙ ṙ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ, Ẇ ẇ, Ż ż

Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)

1. (Pan-Vlax) The thirty-second letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   Synonym: (International Standard) Ź

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

Serbo-Croatian

Letter

Ž (upper case, lower case ž, Cyrillic spelling Ж)

1. 30th letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet

See also

• Appendix:Alphabets

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

Ž (lower case ž)

1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

Ž (capital, lowercase ž)

1. The twenty-fifth (and last) letter of the Slovene alphabet, called že, and preceded by Z.