Ю

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

Translingual[edit]

Letter[edit]

Ю (lower case ю)

  1. A letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

Symbol[edit]

Ю

  1. (speech pathology) tracheo-esophageal speech

Bashkir[edit]

Letter[edit]

Ю (Yu) (lower case ю)

  1. The forty-first letter of the Bashkir alphabet

See also[edit]

Bulgarian[edit]

Letter[edit]

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[edit]

Cyrillic Ю (Ü)
Arabic يۋ
Latin İu

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

Ю (Ü) (upper case, lower case ю)

  1. The forty-first letter of the Kazakh alphabet

See also[edit]

Mongolian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

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

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

Usage notes[edit]

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 when used as a front vowel.

See also[edit]

Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Abbreviation of юг (jug).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

Ю (Jum inan (indeclinable)

  1. south

See also[edit]

Tajik[edit]

Letter[edit]

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).