ж

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ж U+0436, ж
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ZHE
е
[U+0435]
Cyrillic з
[U+0437]
A distinctive glyph is used for Bulgarian.

Translingual

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Letter

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ж (upper case Ж)

  1. A letter of the Cyrillic script, called zhe.

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ж (upper case Ж)

  1. A letter of the Old Cyrillic script, called zhivete.
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Abaza

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Abaza alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Abkhaz

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ж () (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Abkhaz alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Adyghe

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Adyghe alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Aghul

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Aghul alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Alutor

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ж (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Alutor alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Archi

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Archi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Avar

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Avar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Azerbaijani

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ж (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Bashkir

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ʐ/, /ʒ/

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ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The tenth letter of the Bashkir alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Belarusian

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ʐ/
  • Audio:(file)

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Belarusian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Bulgarian

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme) IPA: [ʒ], [ʃ] (terminal or before voiceless consonant)

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The seventh letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called жъ (ž), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Buryat

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Buryat alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Chechen

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The tenth letter of the Chechen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Chukchi

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ж (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Chukchi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Chuvash

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The tenth letter of the Chuvash alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Crimean Tatar

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ж (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Dargwa

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Dargwa alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Dungan

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ж (ř) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Dungan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Eastern Mari

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Even

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ж (z) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Even alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Evenki

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ж (z) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Evenki alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Ingush

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The tenth letter of the Ingush alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Itelmen

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ж (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Itelmen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kabardian

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Kabardian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kalmyk

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ж (zh) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The tenth letter of the Kalmyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic ج
Cyrillic ж
Latin j
Yañalif ç

Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ʒ/, [dʒ]

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ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The tenth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Khakas

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ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Khakas alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kumyk

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ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The tenth letter of the Kumyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kyrgyz

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Pronunciation

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ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, called же (je), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Lezgi

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The tenth letter of the Lezgi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Macedonian

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Macedonian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Mongolian

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called жэ (že), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Nivkh

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Nivkh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Northern Mansi

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Northern Mansi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Old Church Slavonic

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. A letter of the Old Church Slavonic alphabet, called живѣте (živěte) or жівѣте (živěte), and written in the Old Cyrillic script.

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Ossetian

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Ossetian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Only used in Russian borrowings.

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Romanian

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ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The seventh letter of the Moldovan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Russian

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Russian alphabet, called же (že) or жэ (žɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Etymology 2

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Particle

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ж (ž)

  1. Apocopic form of же (že)

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Noun

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ж (žm inan (indeclinable)

  1. (grammar) Abbreviation of же́нский род (žénskij rod, feminine gender).
    Synonym: ж. (ž.)

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ж (žf inan (indeclinable)

  1. Abbreviation of же́нская убо́рная (žénskaja ubórnaja, ladies' room, women's toilet).
    Synonym: Ж (Ž)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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See Translingual.

Pronunciation

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ж (lower case, upper case Ж, Latin spelling ž)

  1. The eighth letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Etymology 2

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ж m (Roman spelling ž)

  1. (grammar) Abbreviation of женски род (feminine gender).
    Synonym: ж.

Southern Altai

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Southern Altai alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tabasaran

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Tabasaran alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tajik

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Tajik alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tatar

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ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tundra Nenets

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ж (ž°) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Tundra Nenets alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tuvan

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ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Tuvan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Ubykh

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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ж ()

  1. to stretch
    Сыгьа сыжын.Səgʲa səẑən.I'm stretching.
  2. to support

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  • Vogt, Hans (1963) Dictionnaire de la Langue Oubykh[2] (in French), Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, page 222

Udmurt

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Udmurt alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Ukrainian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called же (že), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old East Slavic же (že), from Proto-Slavic *že, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ge, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi. Cognate with Czech že, Ancient Greek γε (ge), Sanskrit हि (hi), Russian же (že).

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ж (ž)

  1. stresses the topic; is, really, right, isn't it, etc. (used as a tag question would be in English)
    Але́ ж це кни́жка!
    Alé ž ce knýžka!
    But this is a book!
    Ти ж вдо́ма?
    Ty ž vdóma?
    You are at home, aren't you?

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Uzbek

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ж (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The eighth letter of the Uzbek alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Western Mari

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ж (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The ninth letter of the Western Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Yakut

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ж (zh) (lower case, upper case Ж)

  1. The tenth letter of the Yakut alphabet, called жэ (zhe), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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