ч

See also: ҷ, Ч, ӵ, կ, վ, Կ, Վ, and -ч

Azerbaijani

Cyrillic letter Ч ч
(Ч ч), normal above, italics below.

Handwritten forms

Etymology

From Glagolitic Ⱍ, from Hebrew ץ.

Letter

ч (lower case, upper case Ч) (italics: Ч, ч)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Cyrillic alphabet as formerly used for Azeri, preceded by and followed by , and representing /tʃ/. Since 1991, this sound has been spelt Ç.

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	چ
Cyrillic	ч
Latin	tş
Yañalif	c

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

ч • (ç) (lower case, upper case Ч)

1. The thirty-third letter of the Kazakh Cyrillic 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

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Mongolian

Particle

ч • (č) (Mongolian spelling ᠴᠤ (ču))

1. even
2. too (also)
3. marking the topic of the sentence
4. no-, any- (after interrogative pronouns, used with a negative verb)

   хэн ч байхгүй

   xen č bajxgüj

   nobody is there

5. every, -ever, any- (after interrogative pronouns)

Derived terms

• ч дээ (č dee)
• ч юмуу (č jümuu)
• -вч (-vč)

Conjunction

ч • (č)

1. although
2. both...and; neither...nor (with one ч after the first term, and another after the second)

Synonyms

• (although): гэсэн ч (gesen č)

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Ossetian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

ч • (ḱ) (upper case Ч)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Ossetian alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Ӕ ӕ, Б б, В в, Г г, Гъ гъ, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Къ къ, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пъ пъ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тъ тъ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хъ хъ, Ц ц, Цъ цъ, Ч ч, Чъ чъ, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

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Russian

Etymology 1

From Glagolitic Ⱍ, from Hebrew ץ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕ]

• Audio:

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Letter

ч • (č) (lower case, upper case Ч)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is че (če) and its sound is approximated by the English ch in church. It is preceded by Ц (C) and followed by Ш (Š).

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Cyrillic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: Ч, ч

Etymology 2

Template:ru-etym abbrev of.

Noun

ч • (č) m inan (indeclinable)

1. h, hour

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Glagolitic Ⱍ, from Hebrew ץ.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂ/

Letter

ч (lower case, upper case Ч)

1. The 28th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet.

Usage notes

Its name is ч and it has the sound of English ch.

See also

• Previous letter: ц
• Next letter: џ