գ

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See also: դ, զ, Դ, and Գ

գ U+0563, գ
ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER GIM
բ
[U+0562]
Armenian դ
[U+0564]

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գ

գ lowercase (uppercase Գ)

  1. The 3rd letter of Armenian alphabet, called գիմ (gim). Transliterated as g.
    Represents:
    voiced velar plosive: [ɡ] in Eastern Armenian and Armenian dialectology
    aspirated voiceless velar plosive: [kʰ] in Western Armenian

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References[edit]

  • Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, § 1.1.2.1, pages 17–18

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Letter[edit]

գ (k)

  1. A letter of the Armeno-Turkish script, named գըմ (kım). Represents voiceless velar plosive: [k]. Transliterated as .

Usage notes[edit]

Only used before a back vowel; i.e., before one of ա (a), ը (ı), օ (o), ու (u).

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