ж
Translingual
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Etymology
Possibly from the Glagolitic letter Ⰶ/ⰶ (, zhivete), and that possibly from two Hebrew shins ש, one placed above the other and with the lower one inverted.
Letter
ж (lower case, upper case Ж)
- Lowercase Cyrillic letter zhe.
See also
Kazakh
Alternative scripts | |
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Arabic | ج |
Cyrillic | ж |
Latin | j |
Yañalif | ç |
Pronunciation
Letter
ж • (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)
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
Russian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
ж • (ž) (lower case, upper case Ж) (italics: Ж, ж)
- The eighth letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet.
Usage notes
Its name is же (že) and it sounds like the s in pleasure.
See also
It is preceded by Ё (Jo) and followed by З (Z).
Etymology 2
Particle
ж • (ž)
Etymology 3
Noun
ж • (ž) m inan (indeclinable)
- (grammar) Abbreviation of же́нский род (žénskij rod, “feminine gender”).
Synonyms
- ж. (ž.)
Etymology 4
Noun
ж • (ž) f inan (indeclinable)
- Abbreviation of же́нская убо́рная (žénskaja ubórnaja, “ladies' room, women's toilet”).
Synonyms
- Ж (Ž)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
See Translingual.
Pronunciation
Letter
ж (lower case, upper case Ж)
- The 8th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet.
See also
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of женски род.
Noun
ж m (Roman spelling ž)
Synonyms
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