Ю

See also: ю, ю̆, and Appendix:Variations of "io"

Ю U+042E, Ю CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YU ← Э [U+042D] Cyrillic Я → [U+042F]

Translingual

Letter

Ю (lower case ю)

1. A letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

Symbol

Ю

1. (speech pathology) tracheo-esophageal speech

Bashkir

Letter

Ю • (Yu) (lower case ю)

1. The forty-first letter of the Bashkir alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) хәреф; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Ҙ ҙ, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ҡ ҡ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Ҫ ҫ, Т т, У у, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ә ә, Ю ю, Я я

Bulgarian

Letter

Ю • (Ju) (upper case, lower case ю)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called ю (ju), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Kazakh

Cyrillic	Ю (Ü)
Arabic	يۋ‎
Latin	İu

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /jʊw/

Letter

Ю • (Ü) (upper case, lower case ю)

1. The forty-first letter of the Kazakh alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Ә ә, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ұ ұ, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, І і, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

Mongolian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʊ/ (back vowel)
• IPA^(key): /ju/ (front vowel)

Letter

Ю • (Ju or Jü) (upper case, lower case ю) (italics: Ю, ю)

1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called ю (jü), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Usage notes

This vowel represents the iotated form of both У (U) and Ү (Ü), and can therefore be used in both back vowel and front vowel words for the purposes of vowel harmony. It is romanized as Ju when used as a back vowel, and Jü when used as a front vowel.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) үсэг; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

Russian

Etymology

Abbreviation of юг (jug).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [juk] (phonetic respelling: юг)

Noun

Ю • (Ju) m inan (indeclinable)

1. south

See also

• В (V, “E, east”)
• З (Z, “W, west”)
• С (S, “N, north”)

Tajik

Letter

Ю • (Yu) (upper case, lower case ю)

1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Tajik Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter Э (E) (E) and is followed by the letter Я (Ya) (Ya).