چ

See also: ح, خ, and ج

چ U+0686, چ ARABIC LETTER TCHEH ← څ [U+0685] Arabic ڇ → [U+0687]

ﭺ U+FB7A, ﭺ ARABIC LETTER TCHEH ISOLATED FORM ← ﭹ [U+FB79] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﭻ → [U+FB7B]

ﭻ U+FB7B, ﭻ ARABIC LETTER TCHEH FINAL FORM ← ﭺ [U+FB7A] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﭼ → [U+FB7C]

ﭼ U+FB7C, ﭼ ARABIC LETTER TCHEH INITIAL FORM ← ﭻ [U+FB7B] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﭽ → [U+FB7D]

ﭽ U+FB7D, ﭽ ARABIC LETTER TCHEH MEDIAL FORM ← ﭼ [U+FB7C] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﭾ → [U+FB7E]

Acehnese

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ca]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [c]

Letter

چ (ca)

1. The sixth letter of the Acehnese alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• Arabic script letters: حرف (haraih, harah) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ ^[edit]

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/, [t͡ʃ], /ʒ/, /d͡ʒ/

Letter

چ (transliteration needed)

1. The ninth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic alphabet

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

• چی (çî)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

Pronoun

Northern Kurdish	çi

چ (çi)

1. (interrogative) what, which

Usage notes

• As a determiner, must be followed with a noun in the indefinite.

Derived terms

• بۆ چ (bo çi)

Chinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰ/, [ʈ͡ʂʰ]

Letter

چ

1. The eighth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɡiːm be ˈtæ.læt ˈno.ʔɑtˤ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʒ/, /d͡ʒ/

Letter

چ • (gīm be tálat nóʾaṭ) (gīm with three dots)

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Usage notes

چ (gīm be tálat nóʔaṭ) is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of ج (gīm) that is sometimes used to write foreign names and loanwords with the phoneme IPA^(key): /ʒ/, /d͡ʒ/. It can be written and pronounced as a ج (gīm) instead.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• پ (be be-talat noʔaṭ)
• ڤ (fe be-talat noʔaṭ)

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

• ج (j /⁠č⁠/)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə/, /d͡ʒiːm faːr(ɪ)siːja/, /d͡ʒiːm bʊ θələθ nɪɡətˤ/, /d͡ʒiːm ʊm θələθ nɪɡətˤ/, /d͡ʒiːm (məʕə) θələθ nɪɡətˤ/ (all colloquial)
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ • (ča)

1. Commonly used letter in Gulf Arabic to represent the sound of /t͡ʃ/. Sometimes replaced with ج due to the lack of keyboard support or personal preference.

Usage notes

• The letter is utilised to represent the /t͡ʃ/ sound, which is a native Gulf Arabic sound, as in چلب (čalb, “dog”) and چنه (činna, “it seems like”). However, it is not part of the Standard Arabic alphabet or standard Arabic physical keyboards.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiːm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ • (c)

1. The eleventh letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• Previous letter: ج (j)
• Next letter: چھ (ch)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	چ
Cyrillic	Ч, ч
Latin	Tş, tş

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /xa ˌyʃ noˈqat/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ • (ç)

1. The sixth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ч.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• Previous letter: ج
• Next letter: ح

• Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي ^[edit]

Khowar

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ (če)

1. The eighth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• Previous letter: ج
• Next letter: ح

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɐ]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃ]

Letter

ﭺ / چـ / ـچـ / ‍ـچ

1. The sixth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ ^[edit]

Old Ruthenian

Letter

چ • (č)

1. (Middle Belarusian Arabica) The letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, د, ࢮ, ر, ز, ژ, ش, ࢯ, ص, ض, ط, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي (خ, ذ, ڛ, س, ظ, ء) ^[edit]

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

From Classical Persian چ (čē), modified from the Arabic letter ج (jīm).

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ (ce)

1. The eighth letter of Pahari-Potwari in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• Previous letter: ج (jīm)
• Next letter: ح (ḥe)

Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /tʃe/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /tʃ/

Letter

چ • (če)

1. The ninth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• Previous letter: ځ
• Next letter: څ

Persian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃ/

Letter

ﭺ / ﭼ‍ / ﭽ / ‍ﭻ • (če)

1. The seventh letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ج and followed by ح. Its name is چه or چِ.

See also

• Arabic script letters: حروف (hurūf / horuf) (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ک, گ, ل, م, ن, و, ه, ی ^[edit]
• Wikipedia article on the Persian alphabet
• Search for entries beginning with چ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhi letter: ਚ (caccā)
• (letter name): چے (ce)

Etymology

From Classical Persian چ (čē), modified from the Arabic letter ج (jīm).

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ • (ce)

1. The eighth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• Previous letter: ج (jīm)
• Next letter: ح (ḥe)

Sindhi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ • (ce)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي ^[edit]
• Previous letter: ڃ (ñ)
• Next letter: ڇ (ch)

South Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɡiːm/, [ɡiːm]
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɡ/, [ɡ]

Letter

چ • (gīm)

1. A modified letter based on ج to represent the sound /ɡ/ only in Israel.

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeː/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ • (ce)

1. The eighth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• Previous letter: ج (j)
• Next letter: ح (h)

Uyghur

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

چ • (che)

1. The seventh letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
چ	ـچ	ـچـ	چـ

See also

• Previous letter: ج (j)
• Next letter: خ (x)